. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Roses of the Past Quarter Century. BY JOHN N. MAT. In looking back over the past for a record of what roses were grown then (25 years ago) for the florist business proper it seems but yesterday. Many of us were grow- ing Cornelia Cook and Niphetos for white, Marechal Niel and Isabella Sprunt for yellow, Agrippina and Bon Silene for red. Souvenir d'un Ami and Adam for pink. A little previous to this period two varieties of teas had come to the front, which at their introduction caused quite a commotion, they were C
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Roses of the Past Quarter Century. BY JOHN N. MAT. In looking back over the past for a record of what roses were grown then (25 years ago) for the florist business proper it seems but yesterday. Many of us were grow- ing Cornelia Cook and Niphetos for white, Marechal Niel and Isabella Sprunt for yellow, Agrippina and Bon Silene for red. Souvenir d'un Ami and Adam for pink. A little previous to this period two varieties of teas had come to the front, which at their introduction caused quite a commotion, they were Catherine Mermet and Perle des Jar- dins, and they were the leaders for some years, and grown by thousands nearly all over the country. THE HYBRID EEMONTANTS. The hybrid remontants were at that time very popular and were grown to perfection by many for spring flow- ering, especially such varieties as Gen- eral Jacqueminot, Mme. G. Luizet, Paul Neyron, Baroness Rothschild, Ulrich Brunner, etc. Grown with long stems and fine flowers they brought good prices, but the introduction and general distribution of American Beauty a few years later supplanted all of this class, and today even that grand old favorite, General Jacquemi- not, is very rarely seen in the florists' stores. Such is the change in fashion, even in flowers, that many of the most beautiful roses ever introduced had to be discarded by the growers for want of popular demand for them. Not- withstanding that Jacqueminot can be grown and flowered in fine form as early as Christmias yet they are not wanted. Something over 30 years ago I tried an experiment with this variety. As red roses were scarce for Christmas during these days I thought that "Jacks" would fill a long felt want. To test this I carried half a dozen nice flowers in to the retailer we were then selling our flowers to, and asked him what he could afford to pay for such flowers in quantity say on Decem- ber 24. He frankly said from $ to $
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