. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoj. The American Florist. 753. GROUP OF PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES, GROWING IN HIGHLAND PARK, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts, were awarded a silver floral medal for a collection of pot roses, in- cluding Waltham Bride, Warrior, Elaine, Cora and Nymph, all of their raising, the latter being exhibited for the first time. There is much of the wild rose about this in the flower, and it has most beautiful foliage. Crepicule, Tausend- schon, Institution, etc., were all well grown, and this grouo wa
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoj. The American Florist. 753. GROUP OF PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES, GROWING IN HIGHLAND PARK, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts, were awarded a silver floral medal for a collection of pot roses, in- cluding Waltham Bride, Warrior, Elaine, Cora and Nymph, all of their raising, the latter being exhibited for the first time. There is much of the wild rose about this in the flower, and it has most beautiful foliage. Crepicule, Tausend- schon, Institution, etc., were all well grown, and this grouo was verv much admired. H. Cannell & Son exhibited a fine group of cut roses and pot plants. Very conspicuous were the six specimen plants of TropKolum Kentish Fire, trained in g-inch pots. The plants had been in bloom two months. It is a good scarlet, very profuse blooming, with flower stalks six inches long. Awards of merit were given to C. V. Van Tubergen, Jr., Haarlem, Holland, for Freesia Tubergeni Amethyst, a lovely mauve-lilac color, nice spike, and to Sutton & Sons. Reading, for a new freesia from the Cape, a pink of good value. S. Cumberland Center, Me.—Frank H. Chase is making preparations to add a large house to his carnation plant. East Oakland, Cal.—Domoto Bros, re- port an increase of 60 per cent in their sales at better prices than last year. Cut flowers were short and sold well; plants weve equal to the demand. Hardy Primroses. The hardy primroses are amongst the daintiest of perennials, and few flowers can vie with them in attracting our sym- pathetic attention. It is Wordsworth, I think, who points out the irresponsive- ness of Peter Bell, in the poem of that name, in his failure to appreciate even the beauty of the primrose: "k prim- rose, by the river's brim, a yellow prim- rose was to him, and it was nothing ; Only a very limited number of primroses can be depended upon as fair- ly hardy in western New York, and these must have their
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