The Greeley tribune., 1911-07-06
ROSES MAKING GREELEY
PLACE OF GREAT BEAUTY

Greeley may become the PasA.
dena OF Colorado In the proiusior
OF her roses, II planting OF that pop,
ular flower increases In the neA'
five years at the same ratio tnat sns
has for the past decade
Ten years ago there was scarce.
ly hardy rose In the city, exeep'
the old hybrid perpetuals. the old'
fashioned yellow and the single
red. Individuals. it Is true. nao IN
some instances started small oeos
of the newer and more dainty, ano
at the same time tenderer Sorts out
they were not plentiful by any
means.
j. Max Clark spent much time
and money on his roses, not always
with the best success, and Dr-
Frank Stockover and others were
among the pioneers in rose culture
a, the time.
Today there are probably two
thousand thrifty rose bushes IN
Greeley gardens, of the harder
modern varieties. The several RAM
blers. crimson, white and pink
leading In popularity, JUST now SIN
gle bushes showing more than
linen on Normal hill is over thirty
feet In height. In addition there
are dozens Of homes where the ten
derer sorts are being grown with
good results.
Doctor Stockover has picked over
1900 blooms from his rose bed at
the Mayher home, and Charlie
Jackson has a collection that makes
passershy stop and admire. He has
lust planted fifty more bushes Of
rare sorts. Isador Rothschild is
also proving successful as rose
grower. The Bullard roses have al
ready been mentioned, while W. E.
Kinsella has a pink climber that Is
the wonder of the hill among the
pink sorts. Charlie Townsend's
veranda on Eleventh street is al
most solid mass of roses. The
normal campus has its full share
also. A column might be filled
with names of those who are sue
ceeding in rose culture in Greeley.
Nor is the increase in flower cul-
ture confined exclusively to roses.
other Towering plants and shrubs
are increasing in like ratio. Ten
years ago there were only two specf-
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vine with the wonderful large
blooms of royal purple. One was
the property Of ]. Max Clark. the
other of william Mayher. A drive
over the city this week will disclose
more than a hundred in bloom in
Greeley yards. The old-fashioned
flowers are more than holding their
own. Wonderful gardens OF Col
trie oh and tho old
but stately hollyhock is just coming
into its own.
Mrs. Jesse Gales flower garden Is
always the delight Of passers-by and
is even prettier than usual this
summer.
Miss Elizabeth Doten has over
100 varieties of iris. many of them
sorts originated by her from seed.
A few experiments have been made
in growing the Japanese iris, won
derful posies that vie with the or
chids in delicacy of tints and dainti-
ness of design, but with only partial
success. c. II. Wolfe of the Tribune
has succeeded in producing half .
dozen blossoms this season.
While roses are excelling them-
selves in blooming this summer,
the sweet pea seems to be generally
partial failure, though usually
the most successful of the ANIMALS.
The hot dry weather possibly may
account for it. Most Of the old
fashioned flowers are doing we'll.
and their culture is in nowise being
abandoned for the new ones. Rath-
er do the new but augment the
wealth and profusion of bloom OF
the old flower gardens that have
been a part of Greeley since the
first pioneer housewife planted her
rose moss and four o'clocks and
ltouch-me-nots in Greeley soil forty
years ago.