Book (1926) Page(s) 47-49. Includes photo(s).
In accordance with the arrangement which exists between the American Rose Society and the United States Department of Agriculture, the stock of these two roses has been divided upon equitable terms between rose-growing members of the American Rose Society who agree to sell it at a uniform price and with the uniform distributions furnished by the Bureau of Plant Industry. The purchasers who have arranged for stock of these roses, and who can be expected to offer them for sale in the autumn of this year, or spring of 1927, are reported by the Secretary of the American Rose Society on January 25, 1926, as follows:
For both Sarah Van Fleet and Dr. E.M. Mills:
J.W. Adams Nursery Co., Springfield, Mass
Arlington Nurseries, Arlington, N.Y.
Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario, Calif.
Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N.J.
Conard-Pyle Company, West Grove, Pa.
Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa.
Henry A. Dreer, 1306 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa.
George L. Ehrle, Richfield, N.J.
Good & Reese Co., Springfield, Ohio
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N.J.
Lovett's Nursery, Little Silver, N.J.
*Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo.
The Rose Farm, Inc., White Plains, N.Y.
Somerset Rose Nursery, New Brunswick, N.J.
Treeman & Munger, Perry, Okla.
Urbana Floral Co., Urbana, Ohio
Verhalen Nursery Co., Scottsville, Texas
E.S. Welch, Shenandoah, Iowa
*For trial and decorative planting, and not for commercial distribution. - Editor.
Sarah Van Fleet only:
East Lawn Nursery Co., Sacramento, Calif.
Harold McGregor, Springfield, Ohio
Dr. E.M.Mills only:
Bristol Nurseries, Bristol, Conn.
Brookdale Nurseries, Bowmanville, Ont.
I.E. ilgenfritz Sons Co., Monroe, Mich.
H.V. Lawrence, Cape Cod Nurseries, Falmouth, Mass
*North Dakota Agricultural College, Agricultural College, N. Dak.
Northwest Nursery Co., Valley City, N. Dak.
A.N. Pierson Co., Cromwell, Conn.
Princeton Nurseries, Princeton, N.J.
Stark Brothers Nursery & Orchard Co., Louisiana, Mo.
N.P. Van Steyn, Wallington, N. J.
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, Ills.
Whytemere Gardens, Pontiac, Mich.
There may be some later additions to this list. It will be useless to address any of the above concerns for plants for the spring of 1926, as the stock prepared and provided is for propagation only. It is believed, however, that orders for later delivery will be accepted. Under the contract with the Department of Agriculture, the price cannot exceed $2 per plant.
To avoid disappointment, attention is called to the fact that these roses are not "everblooming," in the way that Hybrid Tea roses are so called, although Sarah Van Fleet does bloom recurrently after the initial early summer bloom; that they in no sense resemble the ordinary Hybrid Tea or Hybrid Perpetual roses, and that they are sent forth as efforts by the great hybridizer who produced them to provide what he called "dooryard roses". Both are vigorous, rapidly growing decorative or shrubbery roses of a new type, though wholly distinct from each other.
References to Mr. Morrison's article, on page 41, will more fully explain the ideals toward which these fine roses approximate, and will explain also the continuance of Dr. Van Fleet's work.
It is also proper to mention that specimens of these roses are being supplied for planting at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N.Y. and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn, N.Y.
