. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. |iL^BLMajmii|iLLt|U^I^^^ A DAY AMONG ROSES r^^fl^^ffifflltWtlWffi^^ffiffllt^l^^lt^^. BICHMOND ENTEKTAINS. Among Hoosier Growers. Upon the invitation of the florists there, a party of about seventy-five journeyed from Indianapolis to Eich- mond, Ind., October 14, after the close of the F, T. D. convention, and spent the day inspecting the ranges in that vicinity. Leaving early in the morning, the party took a fast Pennsylvania train, which made a special stop at the E. G. Hill Co. to deposit the florists. The first range inspected was that of
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. |iL^BLMajmii|iLLt|U^I^^^ A DAY AMONG ROSES r^^fl^^ffifflltWtlWffi^^ffiffllt^l^^lt^^. BICHMOND ENTEKTAINS. Among Hoosier Growers. Upon the invitation of the florists there, a party of about seventy-five journeyed from Indianapolis to Eich- mond, Ind., October 14, after the close of the F, T. D. convention, and spent the day inspecting the ranges in that vicinity. Leaving early in the morning, the party took a fast Pennsylvania train, which made a special stop at the E. G. Hill Co. to deposit the florists. The first range inspected was that of the famous rose grower. He first led the visitors through the house where his seedlings are being tried out. One bench in that house contains 1,200 seed- ling rose plants, no two of which are alike. If one or two promising ones are obtained from this lot, said Mr. Hill, he will feel rewarded. He is especially seeking a red and has crosses of Hoosier Beauty and Premier and of Columbia and Premier in that quest. On the other benches in that house promising sports and seedlings are be- ing tried out. There is a sport of Colum- bia that is a little lighter and one a little darker, which are being tested. A yellow seedling of Ophelia looks well. The list is so extensive that even par- tial account can not be given. As Mr. Hill says, for one rose put on the mar- ket, 10,000 seedlings are discarded. Some Comers. In the same house are blocks of new roses of Hill extraction and of other raisers, which are being grown for ob- servation. Fred H. Lemon's white seedling from Columbia, blooms of which attracted so much attention at Indianapolis, was much praised. It is called Angelus, and is a dead white, ex- cept for a flush of pink in the center of the bud, which later fades out. Mrs. John Cook was represented, as was Mrs. Dunlop Best, a Dickson rose, dark sul- phur in color, which is said to be a good producer. Pilgrim appears in this house and Crusader in another in greater num- ber. Th
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