ROSE FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12825, 8 June 1907, Page 7

ROSE FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI.

This comparatively new Rose is ooi. si<ierod by muny to bo the Un_t white liotse in cxiswiioe. For puiuty 01' colour it oortainly is tho best, aud tuo large sheli-like petals in their half to tm Oil-quarters openod stage marJt it as a v_rifty of aiuiost piwrwass beauty. Ulion tuliy opomed it, however, shows tho centre bauuy, aiird in this auirens under inspection. But it hu_ oouie to stay, and we ooubfc if it will L»o supereeUtxl by any otiior whit© r«>o wiiere pure wnicenuss is desimi. A leoent iimuiber of "lie Jardur" oouitains a note concerning tho origm of the nam© of tnis beautiiui wmte Roog. Ino raiser or it, __. Jfetor LajnJbert, of llreves, &howed it at Stuttgairt unnamed, a schoolmaster who saw it at tlie exhibition said ttiat it was a nmrvol, and should bo named -Vrfchnee-ku-nigin," or snow queen. It was agreed that tho nanw was good and suitable, so the Rose was spo_en< ot at the time. In lbatf, th© iollowimg yeaj-, it was again shown, and wituout v niam©. In 11100 it u-as stogod ru- oampetition for a prize" of IUOO manias, ottered on condition that th© suooos_ t'ui Rose should be ixaaued Otto Yon Bismarck. It did not g_i_> the prise, as the absence of ookrar was not approved. _ When tbe waa over and the jui-y &a.w tho ptomrt. flowering in tho nursery then/ regretted thooir vote, but it was tiben too Ute. Naturally M. _ambert was \;exed, and. ho then asked M. Druschki, the prceident of the society, if the rose might tako the name ot his wife. Tbe proposal was accepted, and the same evening th© nose received the appellation Frau Karl Druaohki, by which it v turn onaversally known.