Show CREDIT IS DUE GIVEN TOO THE AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE The famous American Beauty rose is often Said to have originated in Bancroft's Bancroft's Bancroft's Ban Ban- crofts croft's garden The facts are these In Bancroft's garden were several varieties varieties vari van la lately ly imported from France One had no label This was much admired by a florist named George Field Field- who happened happen d to be looking over the place in company with Bancroft's gardener Field asked f for r a cutting c He got it Field and his brother worked quietly for several years until they had a big big- stock and then they ac advertised advertise v their novelty as the Amerl American an Beauty rose They are said to have made a small fortune out of the transaction The American Beauty has since become f the most famous of all roses in the United States It has never fa failed led to to bring higher prices than any oth other r rose lose In the market reports it is always quoted in a class by itself Only experts experts ex ex- can grow i It to perfection and tere is a recognized type of greenhouse greenhouse green green- house Muse specially adapt adapted d to to il It Some time after Field Brother In Introduced In- In the Am American rican Beauty horticulturists horti horti- culturists ts b began gan to investigate its origin origin on- on ori ori- gin with the result result- that its proper name was found to be Mme Ferdinand Jamin amin the name it had in France before before before be be- be fore a plant of it had been sent to Bancroft's Bancroft's Ban Ban- crofts croft's garden where the label was lo lost t. t This variety is of no Importance Importance- in France or in In Europe In fact t the e American B Beauty auty has become so much modified by American conditions that some sonic think it is practically a a. different variety from Mme Ferdinand Country Courtry Life |