. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 434 The American Florist. Mar. 23, dent Carnot and Antoine Rivoire; note their general characteristics and T think it is easy to detect a similarity of lineage running on down through his Madam Rivary, Le Progres, Jo- seph Hill, Mnie. Jenny Gillemot, Mme. Philip Rivoire, IVIme. Melanie Soupert and Baron Sinety and three of his very latest introductions, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mme. de Liuze, and Renee Wilmart Urban show the same general char- acteristics. It would be interesting to know if M. Fernet had been follow- ing
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 434 The American Florist. Mar. 23, dent Carnot and Antoine Rivoire; note their general characteristics and T think it is easy to detect a similarity of lineage running on down through his Madam Rivary, Le Progres, Jo- seph Hill, Mnie. Jenny Gillemot, Mme. Philip Rivoire, IVIme. Melanie Soupert and Baron Sinety and three of his very latest introductions, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mme. de Liuze, and Renee Wilmart Urban show the same general char- acteristics. It would be interesting to know if M. Fernet had been follow- ing out Mendel's theory in his breed- ing of roses. Not all his productions are allied to the varieties mentioned above, for his Etoile de France, Mar- quis Litta, Soliel d'Or and Laurent Carle are quite distinct from the type cited above. If the law of inter-breeding be cor- rect, gathering in only pollen from closely related varieties, then the law of heredity as applied to the animal kingdom would not hold good in the vegetable family. My suggestion would be to follow both lines of work, in- ter-breeding and promiscuous breeding, it I may thus put it, but always have in mind the design o,f a given im- provement. Of late ray one thought has been to select the most vigorous grower for the mother plant, for without health, vigor and a good con- stitution tlie finest new rose is a fail- ure. I am tliorouglily convinced by observation and experience that the mother plant has the most to do in giving health, vitality and constitu- tion to the offspring; this being the case, we can see at a glance how im- portant it is to select only the very strongest among the everblooming va- rieties to serve as the female parent. We should select the pollen from those varieties whicli have pronounced qual- ities in the way of color, stem, length of bud and fragrance. If these qual- ities are present in the male you may hope that they will have an influence upon your crosses. With the increased vigo
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