National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-28
CHAPTER ON FLOWERS,
The horticultural Society Discusses
Roses-Profection Wanted from, Thieves.

The Horticultural Society met last
| night at Germania Hall. Mr.. John Saul in the
chair; Mr.. w. Gillingham, secretary After the
transaction of the usual routine business the essay
| ist of the evening, Mr.. John T. C. Clark, read a
| paper on The Cultivation of House and Garden
Plants" 1t was practical essay, full of valuable
hints and suggestions, and although the accom-
plished author discamed any purpose of elaborat-
| ing the theme it was finished and elegant pro-
duction. He gave the results of his varied and
valuable experience with roses by citing the names
of those he had found most satisfactory, and ad-
| yised as to the best way of cultivation. Where
stiff clay soil is possessed dig it out about two feet
and replace with about six inches of broken stone
or charcoal and some eighteen inches of enriched
soil The idea of this is to secure good drainage
and rich ground
| THE BEST ROSES
out of some fifty different varieties were of tea
roses the Aline- Risley, a rosy purple hue; De-
voniensis, creamy white; Marie Guillot, French
white; Bon Silene, deep rose color, and Madame
WEIGH, amber color; of Bourbon roses Souvenir
Malmaison, flesh white, grand old rose; Queen of
BelderS, rich glowing crimson; Refine Victoria,
brilliant pink of Bengal roses devoid of perfume,
but brilliant in color, Aggrippinia, rich yelvety
crimson; Ducher, pure white Eugene Beauhar-
nais, deep amoranth; Archduke Charles, brilliant
crimson scarlet ;of Nosette roses fragrant climbers,
perpetual roses, of which the essayist said:
The chief merit of this family is in the true, old
fashioned character of their flowers being large and
quite fragrant They not perpetual, their name
implies, and bloom but two or three times at most
during the season. In fact, most of these flowers but
once. Some few are comparatively free boomers
and all are quite hardy.
The choicest are the we'll known Jacqueminot
rich velvet crimson; Marble Morrison, pure white;
La France, pale peach: Prince .de Rohan, rich
crimson; of moss roses, (which should never be
selected as house plants" The Crested Provence,
rosy pink; COmptesse de Meerinais, pure white;
Glory of Moses, deep rosy earmine ofhardy climb
ing roses, Baltimore Belle, white, shaded blush;
Queen of the Prairie, light crimson; White Mich
rophyila, creamy white. The essay was discussed
by Messrs. Lewis, Glorious, Saunders, Saul, Field,
CurtlsS, and others, and vote of thanks was
passed to Colonel Clark.
FLOWER THIEVES
Aresolution was unanimously adopted appointing
a cOmmirtee of three to wait on the Commissioners
and ask protection from the flower thieves, chiefly
boys, whose depredatiOns on private parking has
been of the most formidable character and caused
more than two-thirds of the people having front
parks to abstain from planting flowers thereon.
Many cases were cited where parties had pur-
chased plants. set them out, and next morning
found not one. 1t was also stated by many members
Vi TIC SOcIety' VI Lner own knOWIeGge, lhal tleE
had seen, time and again, children invading the
Government parks and stripping the bloSsOming
plants of their flowers. Complaint to the parents
in such cases, as well i'll cases of stealing flow
ers from private parties, had met with no atten
ton. The extent to which these depredatiOns are
carried on is far greater than is supposed.
On motion Mr.. Saul was made chairman of the
committee, and the committee was composed of
Messrs. SAUL Clark, and Saunders. The commit
tee will report at the next meeting.
The society hereafter will meet at eight o'clock.
The collection Of flowers exhibited was very large
and beautiful