. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 322 The American Florist. Mar. /, Cattleya Skinnerii; many other varieties I have ecjually good, some of which re- quire ai)Out as much attention as a gera- nium of the same size. S. Taplin. Detroit, Mich. [The photograph shows a plant cov- ered thickly with flowers; should judge there were at least loo blooms.—Ed.]. Mr. Thos. Foulds, on page 274 of the 1-eb. i number of the Florist says about this rose : " It is a good rose and will make many ; Now with due respect for your opinion Mr. Foulds, I
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 322 The American Florist. Mar. /, Cattleya Skinnerii; many other varieties I have ecjually good, some of which re- quire ai)Out as much attention as a gera- nium of the same size. S. Taplin. Detroit, Mich. [The photograph shows a plant cov- ered thickly with flowers; should judge there were at least loo blooms.—Ed.]. Mr. Thos. Foulds, on page 274 of the 1-eb. i number of the Florist says about this rose : " It is a good rose and will make many ; Now with due respect for your opinion Mr. Foulds, I for one sincerely differ with you. My opinion is that the Puritan is not a good rose, and that hereafter it will make no friends; my opinion is in fact, that no person ha\'iug any knowledge of what constitutes a good or useful rose will ever grow it after they pull out those already planted. And further, I believe it to be to all intents and purposes absolutely d°ad. When my eye happens to catch a glimpse of the ghastly products of my plants, consisting of sickly, greenish white, bilious, cabbagy-looking so-called flowers, I am thoroughly convinced that it never ought to have lived. During the brief advertising career that this rose enjoyed we were directed in glowing terms to the keeping qualities of its flowers ; there is no doubt that every- body who bought and planted it were thor- oughly satisfied on that score long ago. I was recently in the store of one of the New York wholesale flower dealers, when my attention was directed to quite a jar full of cabbagy-looking monstrosities said to be the llowers of this rose. Upon asking the dealer if he "sold those things," here- plied with a contemptuous sneer : " Sell them! We can't give them away"— which spoke volumes for the keeping qualities of this rose. Oh yes! it will keep, like anything that will not sell. I believe that any attempt to boom up this rose will meet with failure, and that in- stead of
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