. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 146 The American Florist. Aug. /J ican trade.' It was the search for larger roses suited for forcing that caused the importation of Puritan in 1886; the tre- mendous price paid for it by the Amer- ican buyer, according to standards of that time, caused a great sensation, and we all made pious pilgrimages to see the new white hope. Unfortunately, it proved as big a disappointment as Her Majesty, which was another trade sensation that missed fire. There was a trade legend (I cannot vouch for the truth of the story)
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 146 The American Florist. Aug. /J ican trade.' It was the search for larger roses suited for forcing that caused the importation of Puritan in 1886; the tre- mendous price paid for it by the Amer- ican buyer, according to standards of that time, caused a great sensation, and we all made pious pilgrimages to see the new white hope. Unfortunately, it proved as big a disappointment as Her Majesty, which was another trade sensation that missed fire. There was a trade legend (I cannot vouch for the truth of the story) that when Mr. Fox bought Puritan the originator, Mr. Bennett of Shepperton - on - Thames, "threw in" a red rose which he thought attractive, but not commercially valu- able. The high-priced white rose, how- ever, proved the failure, while its hum- ble sister. Meteor, attained enormous popularity as soon as its cultural re- quirements were understood, crowding out the Jacqueminot for forcing. Then the Bride came, to depose Niphetos and Cornelia Koch, to be followed by Bridesmaid and several other Mermet sports, which are interesting examples of permanent bud variation. New roses of merit have come before us plentifully of late years, but an inter- esting evidence of advancing taste is the vogue of small flowers, as shown by Mme. Cecile Brunner and Fire- flame. Ten years ago I doubt whether any grower would have considered these little flowers seriously. I have ,a personal fancy that the next great change we .shall see will be a greater appreciation of single roses. Carnation Progression. Bven greater than changes among roses are the changes in carnations dur- ing the past generation. We can re- member when the carnation was mere- ly a poor relation of the rose, chiefly esteemed for the fact tliat one could lash it firmly to a toothpick and then jam it into a funeral design that had all the airy grace of a concrete bridge. It always traveled with sniilax, and the
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