| Show E G HILL ROSE EXPERT VISITS MILLER FLORAL COMPANY E G hill of richmond ind expert in the cultivation of roses visited tile the greenhouses of tile the miller floral jo in farmington wednesday whale while returning home from a trip to t ane e coast ile he gave liis his judgment agn an tour four new roses which have been hybridized at the miller greenho greenhouses 1 ses two of the blew new roses are seedlings and two are the result of freak out of nature on rose plants and ara alq called sports sport s by florists f loris ts i seedling nu number ber one a pale pink rose with lie hc ethereal charm of the fleecy louds at sunrise was created fro nithe seeds of the ophelia rose a and tile the mrs george rose ose seedling number two is the offs offspring r i of the pink and j the velvety red hoosier beauty beamut it has all the roseate luster 0 ot the sunset clouds styles elfr ever changing in this rose mr hill sees a I 1 flower which will mean much to I 1 the commercial iose yose trade styles in roses must change much as do I 1 miladys bresset dressea dr esset he said we I 1 tire of the same roses oses out of the hundreds of th thousands hsands of them cultivated there are re not more than I 1 a dozen varieties ie w which h ic h are classe i as profitable f for r cultivation by florists they must I 1 measure basure up to the standards of a perfect rose in the number of to the plant in color texture and style in the shade andi antigrowth and growth of foliage which is the background of the blossom in alij length of the stems and in thelise the life of the flower after cutting which which should be about four weeks 1 seedling number three lias has all of these qua qualities lipics it compares compare 3 favorably with my my rose the columbia lumbia I 1 like it better than seed ling ing number one because of its shade number one has a bluish tinge whick does not prove popular with the women although it has a rare per perfume furne mr hill introduced into this country from england the famous ophelia rose which is extensively cultivated all over the united states he also introduced the I 1 hoosier fo osier beauty to the florist trade it lias hasia a rich velvety texture and is of the deepest shade of red I 1 evolves new roses in his experiments in hybridization at his farm which consists of fifty acres on the outskirts of richmond he produced the premier n the columbia the richmond and all his newest rose roe the butterfly many local people will be surprised to know that mr miller ships thousands 0 roses from his brenhouse gren house at farrmington varmint g I 1 arton to pasadena cal and portland jortland ore salt lake roses aften play the leading roles at the famous rose carnivals held in the ithe two rose cities of the coa coast st utah roses in california sell for a better price than the same varieties of roses grown in californi california according to mr miller utah soil favorable ten years ago when I 1 first started growing t a rowing e roses in utah florists s scoffed coffed at me ine they said it could not be done but we find that utah soil is especially favorable to rose cultivation cultivation and the climate does not interfere in any way |
