. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists^ Review JULT 10, 1919. in 1917. Among his many new ones I would mention Mary Brand, Bichard Carvel and Frances Willard. E. J. Shaylor, of Wellesley Hills, is devoting his later years to raising new varieties, and has already given us Georgiana Shaylor, Mary Woodbury Shaylor, Wil- ton Lockwood and a number of others which have received certificates of merit. We must not forget to mention Cherry Hill, by Thurlow, of West New- bury, and Karl Bosenfield, by Bosen- field, of Omaha, Neb., as being two American varieties of exceptional mer
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists^ Review JULT 10, 1919. in 1917. Among his many new ones I would mention Mary Brand, Bichard Carvel and Frances Willard. E. J. Shaylor, of Wellesley Hills, is devoting his later years to raising new varieties, and has already given us Georgiana Shaylor, Mary Woodbury Shaylor, Wil- ton Lockwood and a number of others which have received certificates of merit. We must not forget to mention Cherry Hill, by Thurlow, of West New- bury, and Karl Bosenfield, by Bosen- field, of Omaha, Neb., as being two American varieties of exceptional merit. Some of you may remember the splendid exhibit of some fifty new unnamed seed- lings made here in 1916 by Prof. A. P. Saunders, of Clinton, N. Y. You will want to keep an eye on his work, for pos- sibly one of these days the long sought yellow peony may appear in his garden, for he is after it, apparently on the right track, and I shouldn 't wonder if he suc- ceeds. An Enthusiast's Pastime. It will be seen, therefore, that nearly all of our modern peonies are of com- paratively recent introduction, and I am greatly impressed by the fact that practically all of the fine peonies we have today have come to us through that remarkable group in France, Calot, Crousse, Lemoine and Dessert, most of them having a family relationship, and the few enthusiasts in America, just mentioned, who have taken up the grow- ing of peonies because they found it in- tensely fascinating; for the peony does not attract the commercial grower. In its propagation there is no eas^^, royal road to quick results. It takes from four to six years before blooms may be had from seed, and if, perchance, one seed- ling in a thousand has sufficient merit and distinction to justify its introduc- tion as a new variety, it takes many more years to raise, by the slow process of division, sufficient stock to be able to offer it to the trade. That is why the new varieties are so expensive; unlike a new rose or carnati
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