. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igro. The American Florist. 757. DECORATED AUTOMOBILE BY FLEISCHMAN FLORAL CO., IN CHICAGO PARADE. Killarni-y Kosi-s. Boston Fiins and Hydrangeas. THE ROSE. Summer Roses. A paper read before the Buffalo Florists' Club on Tuesday, May 3, by Charles T. Guenther. Not so many years ago there was practically no demand for good sum- mer roses and in consequence none, or very few, were grown. Whatever demand there was had to be filled with roses which were grown for win- ter cut or all the '-ear around. Of course a lot o
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igro. The American Florist. 757. DECORATED AUTOMOBILE BY FLEISCHMAN FLORAL CO., IN CHICAGO PARADE. Killarni-y Kosi-s. Boston Fiins and Hydrangeas. THE ROSE. Summer Roses. A paper read before the Buffalo Florists' Club on Tuesday, May 3, by Charles T. Guenther. Not so many years ago there was practically no demand for good sum- mer roses and in consequence none, or very few, were grown. Whatever demand there was had to be filled with roses which were grown for win- ter cut or all the '-ear around. Of course a lot of LaFrance roses were grown during the whole year and it was certainly a beautiful flower, and I am at a loss to understand why it is not grown now. About 1892 or 1893, Testout was sent out and first grown for winter flowering and was found to be too expensive. Kaiserin followed about the same time and while working at a well known rose grower's place around New York, it gave such poor satisfaction during the winter months that it was thrown away after two years' trial. But what a grand flower for summer cutting! After trials in several places for summer flowering it gave such satisfaction that it is today the only good white summer rose grown. It has several faults but these can be overlooked when we get these grand flowers which the plants will produce all summer long. Testout was tried the same way and exten- sively grown on the same principle in the east. Shortly after. President Carnot was sent out and while wanting as a win- ter bloomer, the tine flowers produced on long stems during summer were very pleasing to the grower. The pub- lic, however, was slow in faking hold and I remember that we were growing this rose for about a year and a half before there was any real demand for it. Now it is well liked and a rose of the same color for winter cut would be very welcome. A few years after Killarney appeared and while disap- pointiner when first seen, we must say that since,
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