(17 Mar 1929)  Page(s) 4.  
 
A New Yorker at Large By G.D. Seymour
New York-- Not a single American Beauty rose was exhibited this year at the International flower show at Grand Central Palace.
The blossom which for 50 years has been the most popular one in the florist's window is almost extinct. The stock that produced it is dying out, and even in the gardens of the commercial growers who still raise American Beauties, the ones that blossom are less splendid than those of a generation ago. Last year only a few were displayed at the flower show. This year there was not a one.
The American Beauty never was a real American rose. It was brought from France in the late seventies by Field, a Washington florist, and its name was the Jamain, in honor of Mme. Ferdinand Jamain. Field renamed it the American Beauty, and its size, its fragrance and aptness of its new name made it the best known variety of rose ever introduced in the United States. Florists' patrons still ask in numbers for American Beauties, but few dealers can supply them. Instead of trying to explain that there are few fine American Beauties any more, they fill the orders with Premier roses, and not one customer in 20 recognize the difference.

(17 Mar 1929)  Page(s) 4.  
 
A New Yorker at Large By G.D. Seymour
[...] Today the best roses include the Premier, the Talisman, the Mrs. Frank Pierson, the Claudius Pernet and the two 1929 varieties crowned at this year's flower show [the International flower show at Grand Central Palace], The President Hoover and Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
[...] The roses named for the Hoovers will not be seen generally for another year or two, for the seedlings from the hybrids have still to be distributed among growers.

(17 Mar 1929)  Page(s) 4.  
 
A New Yorker at Large By G.D. Seymour
[...] E. G. Hill of Richmond, Ind., brought to this country in 1912 a British seedling which he named Ophelia. It has been what horticulturalists call "a good mother". From it have been developed the Premier, the Columbia, the America and the Madame Butterfly roses.

(17 Mar 1929)  Page(s) 4.  
 
A New Yorker at Large By G.D. Seymour
...Florists' patrons still ask in numbers for American Beauties, but few dealers can supply them. Instead of trying to explain that there are few fine American Beauties any more, they fill the orders with Premier roses, and not one customer in 20 recognize the difference.
[...] Today the best roses include the Premier, the Talisman, the Mrs. Frank Pierson, the Claudius Pernet and the two 1929 varieties crowned at this year's flower show [the International flower show at Grand Central Palace], The President Hoover and Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
[...] E. G. Hill of Richmond, Ind., brought to this country in 1912 a British seedling which he named Ophelia. It has been what horticulturalists call "a good mother". From it have been developed the Premier, the Columbia, the America and the Madame Butterfly roses.

(17 Mar 1929)  Page(s) 4.  
 
A New Yorker at Large By G.D. Seymour
[...] Today the best roses include the Premier, the Talisman, the Mrs. Frank Pierson, the Claudius Pernet and the two 1929 varieties crowned at this year's flower show [the International flower show at Grand Central Palace], The President Hoover and Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
[...] The roses named for the Hoovers will not be seen generally for another year or two, for the seedlings from the hybrids have still to be distributed among growers.

(17 Mar 1929)  Page(s) 4.  
 
A New Yorker at Large By G.D. Seymour
[...] Today the best roses include the Premier, the Talisman, the Mrs. Frank Pierson, the Claudius Pernet and the two 1929 varieties crowned at this year's flower show [the International flower show at Grand Central Palace], The President Hoover and Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
The Talisman is coming into general vogue this year. It won the flower show prize a season ago.