New-York tribune., 1910-06-10
THE PARIS FLOWER SHOW
A Retrospective Exhibition OF
the Rose.
Paris, May 81.

The Paris flower show, now open IN
the Cours-la-R RENE. on the borders OF
the Seine. is one of the finest and most
beautiful held here. New varieties ana
striking novelties are comparatively few.
but in DEVELOPMENT and quality the
flowers and plants surrass those e1-
hibited in former years.
Rhododendron trees placed o,osely to-
gether in spacious beds presenting nun
dreds of splashes of bright color tones;
serried plantations of sweetpeas, sug-
gestive of imprisoned rainbows; artln-
ciaI ponds. illuminated by water 1lles'
nenuphars and other aquatic plants;
lofty arbors and triumphal arches or
rambling roses glistening. trembling
waves of poppies in CANNES ranging
from vernilion to evanescent pre-
Raphaelite tints; terraces of pink, nauve
and blue hortensias; Wagnerian out
bursts of pinks and carnations Of gl-
gantic dimensions: broad. butterfy-llke
bands of pansies, tapestries Of tall. nod
ding wistaria. and a gossamer fairyland
Of orchids are among the leading at
fractions
Perhaps the most teresting-certainly
the most ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is the
Retrospective Exhibition of the Rose.
organized by NJ Gravereau. proprietor
of the famous Roseraie de IHay- Here
one finds the complete history of rose
culture. The point Of departure is the
earliest recorded specimen Of the rose
which is the genus rosa, brought from
the plateau OF the Pan1ir. in Central
Asia. known as the roof of the world. -
Eglantines and wild roses of every
country are shown. Some of the varieties
nay be seen in the living flower, and
others. from Tibet. Iran, China and
japan. are exhibited by specimens
pressed and dried on botanical paper.
The successive steps Of culture by
means Of transplanting and by cross
breeding. in ell stages. are shown
The Damascus rose. which was first
brought to Europe by returning cru
saders. and which gave a vigorous i'm
petus to culture by cross breeding in
France and England, is on view here.
Numerous varieties of roses from China.
India and Japan. introduced into France
III the eighteenth century by the French
Compagnie des Indes, and preserved IN
the botanical collection of the Jardin des
Plantes. are exhibited. The roses OBJ
tanned by the Compagnie des Indes were
crossed by Paris scientists with primitive
French roses. and this operation led TO
a great horticultural revolution. the out
come of which was the superb rose that
in due course developed into such flowers
as exist to-day in the rosebeds Of Amerl-
ca and Europe.
The pollen of the Asiatic rose has, by
long scientific experiments. been mas
tered and disciplined. as it were. by
horticulturists. who by complicated hy-
bridation. have obtained the marvellous
results TO be seen in the present flower
show. These delicate artificial organi-
cations have. however, in the process
lost the power of reproduction, so that
thev can be perpetuated only by arti-
fetal aid.
The parterre of the Retrospective Ex-
hibition of the Rose supplies complete
and remarka bly, instructive and beau
tiful object lesson Of rose culture NJ
Gravereau has just been made an officer
of the Legion Of Honor as a reward for
his efforts. Z. l. 3