66 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THUKSDAY, JULY 22. 

 1 :30 P.M. 



President Green : Our meetinsj will now come to order. 

 The first number on the program this afternoon will be given 

 by the Centenary Male Quartet. 



The quartet gave three very enjoyable numbers, which the 

 audience appreciated very highly. 



ROSES FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING. 



v. v. WESTGATE, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. 



Of all our flowers. the rose is, without doubt, the queen. It 

 is not only the most popular for home gardens but is also 

 the standard forcing flower, the carnation being its closest 

 competitor in this respect. 



Several factors are responsible for the great importance 

 of this plant, such as the following: the wide adaptation of 

 the rose, its various types, and the many fine qualities of its 

 blossoms. The rose flourishes in the greenhouse and also 

 does very well as a garden flower. Although it prefers special 

 soil and weather conditions, vet it will give verv satisfactorv 

 results when subjected to a variety of conditions. 



In the genus Rosa we find flowers that bloom at all seasons 

 of the year. Certain classes are perpetual or continuous 

 bloomers, while others send out their masses of bloom at 

 definite intervals. We also have the dwarf, bush, and climb- 

 ing varieties so that it is possible to use the rose in many 

 ways for landscape work. 



Not only do its wide adaptation, various types, and habits 

 promote its popularity, but its blossoms proper are equaled 

 by but few, if any, of those of jother plants. Their range and 

 delicacy of color and fine odor place them in the lead for cut 

 flowers. However, it is not my intention in this paper to go 

 into detail regarding rose culture which the size and im- 

 portance of the subject would warrant. I merely wish to give 



