. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 60 The Florists^ Review Apbil 6, 1022 era liave boon looking for a white rose that would b(! free and clean-growing. Then the "llii" opidcniic came in the fall of 1918, and what up to then had been the almost invariable custom of sending only white flowers to funerals was changed. Any flower, regardless of color, was gratefully accepted on ac- count of the scarcity. This fashion of using different-colored flowers for fu- nerals has continued up to this time, wherefore the florist is no longer obli- gated to grow white roses. Conse- ((uent
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 60 The Florists^ Review Apbil 6, 1022 era liave boon looking for a white rose that would b(! free and clean-growing. Then the "llii" opidcniic came in the fall of 1918, and what up to then had been the almost invariable custom of sending only white flowers to funerals was changed. Any flower, regardless of color, was gratefully accepted on ac- count of the scarcity. This fashion of using different-colored flowers for fu- nerals has continued up to this time, wherefore the florist is no longer obli- gated to grow white roses. Conse- ((uently, the strong demand for a good white rose is no longer with us. Ked roses are still in an unsatisfac- tory condition. Crusader enjoys a meas- ure of popularity in some markets, and Hadley also, but the latter produces so few flowers that it is hardly worth growing. -We hear stories of wonderful red seedlings from the north and west, and there is no question that one or two good red roses could be well taken care of. Just at present one must bo satisfi(>(l with either Crusader or Had- ley, until something better presents it- self. Milady is also well received by- some growers. Some of us believe that rose growers can look to the future with more equa- nimity than can any other branch of the jtrofgssion. Their product, when well grown,-" always has the pull on the market, and 1 Ix'liev*' this coTidition will continue. ^ V HAS KEY COME BACK? To the query of the editor of the American Rose Annual, "Why has Francis Scott Key come back?" answer is given by Wallace R. Pierson in the 1922 Annual thus: "Francis Scott Key has not 'com(> back.' The fact is, it has never been away! A big rose, such as tliis, is not the real rose of commerce that ('olumljia. Premier, Mme. Butterfly and Pilgrim can be— it doesn 't bloom freely enough. Tl grows very slowly in winter and can never be anytliing but a 'jiremium' rose. By that I mean a rose that must sell at a great
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