Smyrna times., 1884-02-27
Nuptials Of the Rose.

Nuptials of the Rose.
no" VARIETIES HAVE BEEN INCREAS
ED BY HIBRIDIZING.
1he most popular of all flowers i.
the rose. 1t has its thousands of dc
voted and skillful worshipers as a gar
den Hover, blooming in Summer anc
clinging to trellis or pillar, or trained
TO cover the ground with mass o
color. But its widest empire is in
society, where it reigns pre-eminent
queenly y in its beauty and bestowing it.
royal grace upon the fair ladies who
wear it. The variety of roses is almost
endless, and incalculable time and
labor have been expended to deveIo,
new kinds, which shall combine frao.
rance, color, form and profusion OF
bloom. 1t is Il singular fact. however
that not until very recently have
records been kept of the parentage OF
roses. There is excellent authority for
saying that the exact origin of all but
about a dozen Of the beautiful varieties
which have sprung into being within
the last fifty years is unknown. Now
however, records of experiments in
crossing specimens Of different families
are carefully kept by rosarians in
England, France, Germany and this
country. France has done more than
any other country to increase the
varieties; but there can be no doubt
that America, with its range of climate
and soil, and with the great attention
now being paid to this fascinating
branch of Horticulture will give to the
world its share of beautiful roses.
CROSSING THE KINDS.
The usual way of crossing roses is to
cut off the stamens of one variety and
shake over it the pollen of the other
or apply it carefully with a came's-
hair brush. BY this method, the char
acterlstics of both parents are equally
transmitted to the new flower. If the
stamcns are not amputated, the char
acterlstics of the female parent will
predominate. Families which differ
very widely cannot, as Il rule, be
welded with satisfactory result,
There is wide field fer investigation
and experiment open in this direction.
and many enthusiastic growers are
working diligently in the search for
suOtler laws which may govern the
breeds ofroscs. 1t will be years before
definite results are obtained; but the
pursuit is SO fascinating that tho num-
Der and ch8mcteF Of experiments are
constantly increasing and becoming
more various,
y new rose, which has just been pro.
duced by Philadelphia florist, and
which will not be in the market until
next year, is the Sunset. It's n tea rose
large and symmetrical in form. of the
size and shape of the Pearl, with the
color something like that of the
Sairano-a salmon hue with a suggest
ION OF greenish tinge. The Eavorite
rose, king of all in its scarlet robes is
the General Jacqueminot. Its exact
parentage is given in some Catalogues.
hut i IS not really known. 1t was
first presented to the world in France
Next to it in popularity comes the
Mermet, the Marechal Mel, the Pearl
du Jardin and the Bon Silene. Other
favorites are La France, q fragrant
pink hybrid, peculiar in that Its color
deepens toward the outer petals instead
of toward the centre, and the Cornelia
Cook, with its tint of pale cream.
The hybrid teas are a new class of
roses introduced by Bennett, the great
English grower. They bloom but
one or twice in a season, while hybrids
and teas bloom continuously. Favor
ties of this class are the Nenhetas, .
pure white lowey, sometimes 'suffused
with pallid green tint, and not fra
grant; the beauty of Stapleford. of a
paler crimson and less compact than
the Jacque; the Duke of Connaught,
much like the Jacque in color, but not
so fragrant; and finally the Bennett.
called "the $1,000 rose" because Mr..
Evans, Of Frankford, last Fall paid
Bennett SO, $50 for half his stock, This |
new FQse is very sweet aud is crimson.
like the Jacque, but is not so compact
in its structure.
TURNING WINTER INTO SUMMER.
The most expensive of roses is the
Jacqueminot, because the demand is so
large and tho supply so small. The
reason for this is that the plant is un-
certain in its bloom; q whole bed may
prove barren. Like other hybrid roses,
the Jacqueminot naturally blooms only
in Summer, and it is the task of the
florist to reverse Natures order and
make it bloom in Winter. There are
many tricks, some of them kept secret,
with this process. One
grower says that he qoes