. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. licit out in the line of iinpidvcnient in this of flowering plants, but that something has been accomplished within that time, every practical person will admit. When Grace Wilder was first dissemi- nated it did not attract the same atten- tion that it did some ycarslater. Kseolor brought it into demand, and growers everywhere had to have it. liveryonc, however, could not grow it successfully. Then it was that raisers of seedl'ngs un- dertook to remedy some of its The results are such good kinds
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. licit out in the line of iinpidvcnient in this of flowering plants, but that something has been accomplished within that time, every practical person will admit. When Grace Wilder was first dissemi- nated it did not attract the same atten- tion that it did some ycarslater. Kseolor brought it into demand, and growers everywhere had to have it. liveryonc, however, could not grow it successfully. Then it was that raisers of seedl'ngs un- dertook to remedy some of its The results are such good kinds as tiracc Battles, Edna Craig, William Scott, and sonic others. Now let us in hand the iiiiprovcmcnt of , Ittittcrcuii, Silver Spray and all along the whole line. It may not be out of place here to give .•in account of some of my ow-n ex])criiiicnts. It was in 1885 or 1886 that I undertook to improve Grace Wilder. About that time the Peter Henderson was one of the favorite whites. This was made the seed parent and Grace Wilder furnished the pollen. Out of the batch one was selected, .1 beautiful delicate pink in color but there were not sufficient petals to make it quite satislactory, as a commercial variety. In pollen from this seedling was used on Ilinze's White, and that isthepedigree of ( Battles. 1 am not sure of the origin of Grace Wilder. It was raised by Jos. Tailby. Peter Henderson was pro- duced from seed by John Charlton, Roches-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Florists Company. Chicago : American Florist Company
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