The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-16

! ~ anVthins lc~s 'hin trna or acrrs ~
mIl.I'ns up tErr"
They have th"'r own steam plan, 81
course They hAv" their own refriEHrat
| ing plant In IN" great co"l"rr. sirti.h
| rooms where the cut hoN ora await ship-
| rneni, tne coils - iron pipe az" hos- With
frost III" fragrance IN these rooms. IN
spite NJ the low temperature which does
not bring MT perfumes. ~ intoxicating
| The FREEDOM mating scent IA that 81 lilies
| Of the valley. thousands of them standing
| in rot upon row ~ crowded iarr Gnicr
the electric light other thousands -
| Killarney roses lIc Ike d bod ~ i've. pink
Goals. for The Killarney II the Pet rrsc -
| the decade
YES SAYS tho 4ower man. IT p. tho
nost popular rove all over the C,'.ptrs
And rst tho h"riSts rhreS ~ sway aft"r
they hrst began 20 grow W" had II
and we threN u awaV too
why Becsuss 1t dropped .ts leave
and "" thought - vas no good ""
couldnt market a rose without foliage
B'It Ne found out Ne hadn't gruwu y
with IN" right amount q heat ard 80 ~"
started IN again To-day he Killarney 10
the best paving proposition among r,sCs
Here isA White Killarney. sport FROM
the pink What - sport We'll sup
pose YOU hay" Killarney rn-e PLANT with
half dozen stem. Al those st"ns
should hear killarney rC'"s shouldn Z
'h"y' And ihus" are pink
When the blossoms com" Won fad On
~" ~ those stems The piU- roses YOU bad
expected But On the siNth stem. 90
your surprise and Incidentally YOUR do
light Won find whit" ros". n white XII
larnsv rueA And tn az ia a sport
1T IL an odd thing that half a dozen
different growers got fLis white spo-
from a Killarney a. about the same tim"
They wcr" not all iI-i alike. some wee
whittier than nj her. The lC-i ones have
been rropa gated so thai now there IL
regular white Killarney stock
Here ~ q sporr from the Maryland n
i- our own stock and we have named IL
the Lady Cromwell. after the town here
The Maryland - n deep punk rose the
flush, deepening toward the centre You
see that the roses we cut from Il now
hive short stems That's because we
are trying to save the wood so that other
growers can' get II Next year We will
have So plants for sale. all fine specimens
OF the Lady Cromwell
Sometimes a plant propaEated from a
sport will revert 10 the original type. II
u continues. however, 90 produce the
sport hower then IL IL fixed and will
remain true
When II comes 90 the naming Of flowers
some amusing incidents occuf. Perhaps
New York connoiS~eurs 81 roses will recall
rather small. but oddly colored one
called the Nordica II il a very delicate
flesh tint. suhiIsed toward the heart with
know say this Is none other than the Mn
Allen
4 grower near New York had been
developing the same rose and called "
Safrano One dav be sent q shipment
to a commission man in tho city and
marked them with that name The com
mission yeoylN orened the hox and read
The label or thought they did. -Soprhno'-
they exclaimed IN dissusi. That's no
kind - name Wei call u Nordica!-
and they did
In the lily 81 the valley house there il /
nothing except the heavy fragrance to |
suggest th" presence ~ flowers. There
arr long. long hedir ~ sand showing the
Young rhoota; and there are other long
beds entirely hidden Under frames COW
cred with burlap or Wi'h Old Eewspaper~
peering under thee frames one $50.
thousands II tall lily stems with their
lea yea. the hitter n PAL" sicLly green.
In" "igit " zIDprs's that hey are
covered - hold them back bif that ~
, poor ru"ss Th' frames nr" pui over
hem when 'he flower Stems begin -
develop ~ order 20 make 'h1e. stems
grow t1ll Anv growing hing vii stretch
lD ward glinwo- q hgh' and this
- what ne lilies DO down thorn In the
lark When they have grown ~ tall
~ = d-Eiruble the frames are taken away
md the fuu lighf s-1n trinrs color INTO
M Tal" foliage The spil they grow IN
- Inns pure sand
IN tho orchid ho'Is~ nns nSfices that
everyth hing IN whiswashcd the shelves
he gipeS. the Walka. sven the dirt floor