30 Third Annuax Report 



Some bend the branches over, peg them down, and cover 

 with earth and straw, others wrap them in manilla bags or a layer 

 of rye straw. These methods are good, and may be desirable 

 where close pruning is not practiced. 



Protection should be provided early in November as it has 

 a tendency to harden and ripen the wood before the severe cold 

 weather sets in. Do not remove it too early in the spring. If a 

 manure mulch has been used spade or rake in the fine material. 

 Otherwise apply a little well rotted manure or some bone meal 

 and mix it well with the soil. 



As to varieties to be grown, so many are available and 

 worthy of a place that I have experienced a good deal of trouble 

 in selecting a few upon which I wish to speak. 



Among the so-called wild roses and their hybrids are many 

 sorts eminently worthy of a place in cultivation. They are per- 

 fectly hardy and adapted for all purposes. Their flowers are 

 single except some of the hybrids but are very numerous and 

 very beautiful. 



The Russian type of Rosa Rugosa is one of the handsomest 

 in cultivation. It forms an erect bush with fine glossy foilage, 

 and flowers ten or more in a cluster. White and crimson forms 

 are found and several semi-double hybrids. 



Rosa Rubiginosa, the sweetbriar, is a very fragrant pink 

 rose, cultivated especially for its foilage which is as sweet scented 

 as most rose blooms. 



Rosa Setigera, the climbing or prairie rose, is a native of 

 North America with stem 15 or 20 feet long with single, deep 

 rose flowers, changing to white in July. Baltimore Belle, a 

 pale blush, and Queen of the Prairies, a rosy red, are the most 

 valued double varieties of this wild rose. 



Rosa Wichuriana, the trailing or Memorial Japanese rose, is 

 beautiful in bloom and foliage and very valuable for its creep- 

 ing and climbing qualities, as it can grow and thrive where 

 others could not live. Yellow, pink, cream and white double 

 blooming sorts are among its many hybrids. Dorothy Perkins, 

 one of these hybrids, is a rose of splendid worth. It is a true 

 rambler, thoroughly hardy, bearing large clusters of beautiful 

 double blooms of a shell pink shade. 



Persian Yellow, an Austrian brier, is the finest of all hardy 

 yellow ones. It has many small yellow flowers and its foliage 

 is scented like the sweet briar. 



Several climbing varieties of hardy roses have also been 

 cultivated and are grown more and more every year. 



The Crimson Rambler was probably the first successful 

 variety of this class and is best known and most vigorous and 

 hardy. 



