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'Adam' rose Reviews & Comments
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6 JUN 23
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* Posted by unregistered site guest: Pending HMF administrative review. *
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Sun is at a premium in my garden. Would this rose work in 3-4 hours of direct sun, or does it really need a full 6 to 8 hours? I'm in upstate South Carolina. Thank you!
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Available from - Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis
http://fps.ucdavis.edu/roseselections.cfm
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Gardening Illustrated 6: 330 (Sept 13, 1884)
Tea Rose Adam.—This is one of the most useful Roses in cultivation, and I venture to say that some of these days it will stand in the front rank of Roses grown more for the continuous supply of buds and flowers which they yield than for the decorative effect which they are capable of affording. My first acquaintance with this Rose was made on the Continent some years ago, where, in a large establishment, the back wall of a Camellia house was devoted to Tea Roses, amongst which were some plants of Adam. All the kinds planted there did well, and gave a large amount of bloom, but there were periods when they were out of bloom with the exception of Adam, which always furnished a bud or two in times of need, and often caused the remark to be made that it was worth all the other varieties put together. It is, however, only fair to say that that favourite of the market growers, Niphetos, did not have a place there; but although Adam scarcely ranks so high as that popular kind, it comes next to it, and the two should always be found in company, forming, as they do, a good contrast as regards colour. I cannot think of two better kinds for a small greenhouse than these two Teas, and I am sure amateurs would find them more satisfactory than Maréchal Niel, which, glorious Rose though it is, is not so well fitted for small houses, and its flowering season is far too short for those who like to cut a Rose every few days through the spring, summer, and autumn months. Speaking of Tea Roses the other day to a friend, a large rower of them, he confirmed my good opinion of Adam, but considers it to be quite distinct from President. This is a matter of some importance, and a point which should be cleared up, as if there are two distinct Roses under the same name, it may be that the true Adam is often not obtainable, and that some disappointment may be the result, that is supposing the two kinds not to be equal in general good properties. What is the opinion of Rose growers in reference to this matter?
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Did you ever find any answers to this query in later editions?
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9 JUL 18 by
CybeRose
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No. And apparently the author (J Cornhill) did not, either. I find that the same letter was previously published in The Garden 24: 259 (Sept 20, 1883).
Karl
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I wonder if either of you would like to add this reference.
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Yes - done.
Also added this 1861 'President' ref from Thomas Moore's The Floral Magazine Vol 1, which accompanies a portrait of 'President'.
"This beautiful Rose is of American origin, and was introduced to the public last year through Mr. William Paul, of the Cheshunt Nurseries, Waltham Cross, by whom some magnificent specimens were furnished for our drawing in the course of the past summer. We can only regret that our limited page by no means does justice to the admirably cultivated examples furnished by our friend.
The 'President' rose has been exhibited before the chief metropolitan authorities, and has borne away the honours of a first-class certificate from the Royal Botanic Society, and from the Floral Committee of the Horticultural Society. The beautiful blossoms produced by the plants exhibited on the occasions referred to, well entitled it to such distinction.
We learn from Mr. Paul that the plant is of free growth and of a hardy character, being, in regard to habit and constitution, very similar to the variety called 'Caroline' which was one of its parents. Its wood is of a firm and rather wiry character, and its foliage bold and healthy-looking, while the flowers, which are globular in form, are large, full of firm smooth petals, and very sweet. The color is blush, tinged in the younger stages with salmony-buff, as shown in our figure, but in the older stages the latter tint more or less passes away. Mr. Paul describes the colours as fawn and salmon, varying somewhat according to the season at which it blooms. The plants bloom freely and force well. The variety is no doubt a decided acquisition to the group to which it belongs, and will take rank among the very best sorts. It resembles the Tea-scented kind called 'Adam', more nearly than any other rose, but is hardier in constitution, and sufficiently distinct to entitle it to general cultivation. If cultivated out of doors the flowers are given forth at short intervals from July to November."
Would you like me to upload the old portraits of 'President' here in the 'Adam' entry, or would you prefer to have a separate entry for 'President'?
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