Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
MYRIAD ROSES IN BLOOM.
American Rose Society," Opening
Summer Exhibit In New York.

American Rose SOciety's Opening
Summer Exhibit In New York.
The winter garden of the Eden Mu
see was beautiful with thousands of
magnificent roses recently, the first
day of the first summer exhibition of
the American Rose society, says the
New York Times. There were some
5000 blossoms. red and pink predomi-
mating, with here and there less IA
miliar yellow and white. There were
several new roses which promise TO be-
come popular. and the Bronx park boz
tanical garden exhibited an interesting
collection of type bushes.
One of the most attractive of the new
roses is the Pink Pearl, hybrid, pro-
duced by W. A. Manda OF East Orange
from the Wichuriana and the Meteor
red rose. The Wichuriana is a single
white rose, called popularity the Memo
rial. 1t Is one of the ramblerS and is 4
prOdigious grower. 1t throws out in
Vulnerable shoots in Il season and is
beautiful evergreen. The Pink Pearl
will doubtless become Il great favOrite.
1t Is a pink double blossom, the center
with the petals crowded close together
and showing a warm salmon pink,
while the outer petals roll away and
are of the most delicate shade, almost
white, throwing out in relief the deeper
colored center. The plant is covered
with buds and blossoms, showing that
it will be prolific blOomer. Another
attractive rose is hybrid developed
from the Japan Rugosa. a popular
hedge rosd, and the Alfred Colomb, one
of the darkest of the hardy red roses.
to
rs yet, is a beautiful loose petaled
double flower of n medium shade Of
red.
An exhibitor, Mr.. Horvath of Glen
Vile, o., has one of the largest and
best collection of roses and among
them five new roses. He has sent not
only the blossoms, but the plant of
each kind, and despite the distance
they have come none of the roses ex-
hibited was in better condition. One
of the new blossoms which the Ohio
man presented is n hybridization of
Wichuriana and the Rugosa, a beauti-
full and delightfully."- fragrant red rose.
The Wichuriana was introduced five or
six years ago. and it is only recently
that either that or the Rugosa has been
used for hybridizatiOn.
Another one of the new blossoms
which attracted attention is the Off
spring of the Wichuriana and the
Agrippina, which produces a beautiful
little pink rose with small close petals
and attractive little red buds. The
plant had been pruned until it was
small. compact bush closely covered
with buds and blossoms. Another
blossom is n liberalization of the Wi
churiana and the Belle Siebrecht. a
white, loose petaled rose with a fra
GRANGE like the tea rose.
s. a. Siebrecht had beautiful col
lection of 100 different roses, with many
beautiful moss roses. His roses at
tracted special attention from the man
ner of cutting, not the most economical
in the way of blossoms, for large
sprays We're cut, but il showed the
roses and their buds to the best advan-
tage, and experts declared that that
was the way to cut roses. The exhibit
ton from the botanical garden was in
teresting because it showed the type
plants. 20 of them, the little single
roses from which the large roses of to-
day have been developed.