Evening star., 1938-08-27

Druschki, being a hybrid perpetual
produces f1ne lot of bloom in the
spring and occasionally a few roses In
the fall Of the year. especially when
cut back and we'll fertilized after the
spring Towering. This rose seems To
flower best when treated as a climber
and the long canes trained parallel TO
the ground on framework. The bush
and its growth reflect strength and
vitality. The light green foliage and
large, husky, long pointed buds tinged
With carmine pink are striking. These
open into large snow white, long last
ing blooms.
Visitors to the rose nurseries Of
Peter Lambert first called this rose
Snow Queen" It's propagator wished
1t named Bismarck. This was re-
fused by the rose naming jury. The
chairman of that jury was Karl Drus-
chki. He liked the rose personally, and
seeing that the good Peter Lambert
was greatly disappointed at its failure
to get the name Bismarck" suggested
the rose be called for his wife, Frau
Karl Druschki. This was done, and so
for nearly 40 years now, a German
housewife has had lusty. snow-white
rose carrying her name into the rose
gardens and hearts of the rose lovers
OF Europe and America. II Druschki
had been fragrant and = repeating
bloomer like Kaiserin Augllste Viktoria,
she would probably have become even
more popular than she is; but her
sturdy growth and snow white roses
insure her permanent place in most
rose gardens.
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nRUSCHKI being different" was
a slow starter into favor. While
propagated in 1890. as has been men,
toned, she waA not named and intro
duced until 1900 The first of this
rose reaching America did not meet
with favor largely due to her lack of
fragrance and her failure to bloom re-
peatedly. Every effort was made by
Peter Lambert to reproduce Druschki
with fragrance and recurring bloom
added. He has had little success in
this undertaking to date.
The parents of Druschki were Mer-
veille de Lyon and Caroline Testout.
The latter Is the we'll known clear pink
rose so popular on the West Coast of
America. In 1880, Caroline Testout
the mother Of Druschki, had 10 SONS
descendants in commerce in Europe
and Druschki. her daughter, 81. Frau
Karl Druschki has had but few sports
aside from Marguerite Guillard. Six.
teen Of her daughters are white ir
color, "a yellow. IL rose yellow, 20 rost
colored, l carmine. red, 2 reddish
yellow. and S mixed colors.
Some of the descendants Of Drusch-
HI are well known in this country
Among them is the Spanish Beauty
climber. Nine. Gregoire Staechelin
Priscilla, Mrs. Herbert Stevens, Koni-
gin Luise. Nine Albert Barber, Nine
(C) Chambard. Bloomfield Flame
Edel, Marcia Stanhope and that fine
RED ever-blooming climber, souv. de
Claudius Denoyel.
LEHMAN rose hybridl5ers generally
are painstaking, thoughtful men
They have been successful in adding
color, size and vigor to roses, but have
had less success to date in adding
increased fragrance. The writer spent
several weeks with kordes, Tantau
Max Krause, Prof. Gnau and DR.. H
Won RAthlef in Germany in 1895. The
latter is the new research director al
Sangerhausen, selected for the posi-
because OF his studies at Halle on the
inheritance Of fragrance in the rose
Prof. Gnau is the man who estab-
lished and conducted the state ros.
garden Of Germany at Sangerhauser
from 1900 to 1885. These rose hy.
bridizers know roses, as the numbe,
and quality of their production of new
varieties testify. It was an inspira
ton to be with and to listen to them
when they were at ease and hitting or
all eight cylinders on rose matters
When Camille Schneider, editor OF
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