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the buds opening in succession so that 

 the flowering season covers quite a period 

 of time. The flowers are of a light rose 

 color, fading to a still lighter tint, and 

 they are sweetly perfumed, but not so 

 much so as its seed parent. 



This plant came through the last winter 

 without protection, in perfect condition, 

 and bloomed even finer than it did last 

 year. It was planted to screen a bulk- 

 head and doorway to the greenhouse 

 from the street, and will certainly out- 

 grow its present accommodations. It is 

 trained to a trellis and has never been 

 pruned and does not require it when given 

 plenty of room. T. N. C. 



NOTES ON ROSES. 



V.\R1ETIES. 



My favorites among the roses that 

 bloom early aie the red and white ru- 

 gosas, the blossoms and fruit of which 

 have great beauty, but which are worth 

 growing simply for their lustrous health- 

 lul foliage; the hybrid rugosa, Mme. G. 

 Bruant, which has long pointed buds, 

 white semi-double blossoms and fine foli 

 age; Stanvv-ell's Perpetual, a delicately 

 colored, fragrant, very floriferous blusii 

 rose, Dut with me it is so far from being 

 a ptrpetual that it has never shown a 

 bloom later than June; Blanchefleur, a 

 white cup-shaped rose with flesh tinted 

 center, very fragrant, distinct and fine; 

 Dawson, a rampant grower with num- 

 erous clusters of small, single or semi- 

 doiible or rose pink blossoms that have 

 something of the grace of the finer wild 

 blossoms;^ and lastly Harrison's Yellow, 

 the half opened buds of which should be 

 cut before the sun has faded theni. Of the 

 varieties mentioned above only one. the 

 Blanchefleur, needs winter protection here. 

 Following these earlier varieties and in 

 this latitude, and covering in their season 

 of bloom the second half of June and the 

 first week in July, I prefer among the 

 lighter colors Ani.e de Diesbach, Francois 

 Michelon, Mme. Gabriel Luizet. Mrs. John 

 Laing, La France, Baroness Rothschild, 

 Mabel Morrison, Merveille deLyon, Mar- 

 garet Dickson, Mme. Caroline Testout 

 and Eliza Boelle. Two of these, Eliza 

 Boelle and La France, do best in a per- 

 fectly drained well sheltered position and 

 require careful winter protection. Mme. 

 Luizet appears to be somewhat less hardy 

 than most of its class. It lives through 

 our winters even when unprotected, but 

 more than most it repays in the quality 

 and amount of its bloom protection 

 enough Lo shield it from the winter sun. 

 I consider it one of the very finest in the 

 whole list. Baroness Rothschild and her 

 daughters, Mabel Morrison and Merveille 

 de Lyon, while hardy enough are poor 

 growers I get a dozen blooms from 

 Mme Luizet or Mrs. Laing for every one 

 from any member of this aristocratic 

 group. More psolific than they but still 

 considerably less so than most hybrids is 

 the new white rose Margaret Dickson. 

 It is vigorous, hardy and its blooms, 

 which are fine in color and form, are 

 supported by handsome foliage; in the 

 fragrance there is something that sug- 

 gests Bourbon blood. Anne de Diesbach 

 and Francois Michelon are very choice 

 roses; but the blooms of the former are 

 few and the buds of the latter seem pe- 

 culiarly attractive to insect enemies. 

 Eliza Boelle is one of the most satisfac- 

 tory of white, pink tinged roses. It is 

 not very hardy, I give it a sheltered well 

 drained position close by a cellar wall, 

 and there it seems perfectly at home; it 

 far surpasses in (|uality its well knov\ii 

 and more floriferous relatives, Co(|ucttc- 



des Alpes and Coquette des Blanches. I 

 have no rose whose blooms excite so 

 much wonder and admiration as Mme. 

 Caroline Testout. In order to test its 

 hardiness two specimens were planted 

 last July in the open garden and were 

 given a moderate protection of sods. 

 Thev came through the winter in as good 

 shape as the hybrids. While the blooms 

 from the out of doors plants are not as 

 large as those grown under glass they 

 have the same surpassingly beautiful 

 color. It is true that the plant gives but 

 few blooms at anyone time, but the qual- 

 ity of these and the frequency of the 

 periods of bloom make it very desirable. 



Of the varieties which are intermediate 

 in color between light and dark the fol- 

 lowing have given me greatest satisfac- 

 tion: Alfred Colomb, Marshall P. Wilder, 

 Marie Baumann, Prince de Portia, Ulrich 

 Brunner and Gloire de Margottin. Most 

 of these are so well known that they do 

 not require description. I think it pays 

 to remove at least one-third of the June 

 buds from Colomb, Wilder and Baumann. 



The list of deep crimsons should include 

 Gen. Jacqueminot, Fisher Holmes, Baron 

 de Bonstettin, Xavier Olibo. Earl of 

 Dufterin, and in some situations Jean 

 Liabaud. In color and shading I find 

 little to choose between Olibo and the 

 Earl of Dufferin, the former is the more 

 vigorous, the latter has somewhat finer 

 form and finish. 



But how can we secure out of door 

 bloom through midsummer and early 

 autumn? My plan is as follows: The 

 Japanese trailer Wichuraiana with its 

 shining perfect foliage and charming 

 single flowers of delicious fragrance is in 

 bloom through most of July; and during 

 the first half of the same month Balti- 

 more Belle, Gem of the Prairies and others 

 of the setigera class are at their best. 

 F'rom late July until October many of the 

 hardy hybrids, if well cared for, will give 

 considerable bloom. But there are cer- 

 tain varieties that are hardy with pro- 

 tection, which if rightly managed bloom 

 ([uite freely until frost. Among the best 

 of these are: Appoline, Hermosa, Mrs. 

 Degraw, Souvenir de la Malmaison, La 

 France, Ceeile Brunner and Clothilde 

 Soupert. The choicest of these in my 

 judgment are La France and Souvenir de 

 la Malmaison. Mrs. Degraw, Hermosa 

 and Clothilde Soupert are perhaps the 

 most floriferous. .\. D. MoRSE. 



Amherst, Mass. 



FROfflOflTlNO flflRDY HyBRlD ROSES. 



P. F., Clifton, Ohio, asks "how to 

 propagate hardy hybrid roses." 



If your correspondent has a greenhouse 

 the best way to propagate hybrid roses 

 would be to either plant out the parent 

 plants on the greenhouse bench in good 

 rich soil and give the proper conditions 

 to produce good healthy growth, or else 

 to grow them in pots, shifting as soon 

 as needed. When sufficient size is ob- 

 tained take the half ripened canes and 

 cut them into two eyed cuttings and trim 

 back the foliage somewhat, and place in 

 well shaded propagating bed in green- 

 house; at this season no bottom heat is 

 necessary, and bench should be kept de- 

 cidedly moist with frequent syringings, 

 though it is best to keep the foliage dry 

 at night to avoid black spot. It is useless 

 to try to propagate cuttings from out- 

 door grown wood. If the plants from 

 which it is desired to propagate are 

 growing outside the best way to propa- 

 gate in small quantities is by layering, 

 that is cutting the half ripened canes 



an eye and bending over the cane and 

 covering with earth. The cane thus 

 treated will soon form roots and grow. 

 Paul M. Pierson. 

 Scarborough, N. V. 



MILDEW ON ROSES-PROPflGflTlNG. 



G. P. K., Hudson, Mass., asks: "1. Can 

 you tell me of a way to prevent mildew 

 on H. P. roses and how to get rid of it 

 after it comes? The continued dull 

 weather seems to be causing some of my 

 bushes to mildew. 



2. "What is a practical method of 

 propagating rose cuttings and is now a 

 proper time to do it?" 



1. Mildew is caused by unfavorable 

 weather or other uncongenial conditions 

 as damp, chilly nights, protracted wet 

 weather, fogs, sudden changes of temper- 

 ature, over-wet soil, a close or low situa- 

 tion, and so on; and, too, some roses are 

 so susceptible to it that they are sure to 

 become a prey to it. We used to dust 

 sulphur over theplantsto stop the spread 

 of the mildew, but it never was quite 

 effective. Bordeaux Mixture, nowadays, 

 however, is the sovereign remedy, but it 

 is only a preventive, not a cure, and it 

 must be applied before the mildew ap- 

 pears and repeated every week or two 

 throughout the summer. Mildew ap- 

 peared on our outdoor roses, this summer 

 the third week in June, earlier than usual. 



2. Tea, Noisette and Bourbon roses 

 may be propagated from cuttings now. 

 but the plants from which the cuttings 

 are taken should be greenhouse or window 

 grown. You cannot very well strike cut- 

 tings taken at this time of year from out- 

 door H. P. roses. The best time for pro- 

 pagating roses from cuttings is winter — 

 December to March or April— and place, 

 in the greenhouse. Cuttings of the ripe 

 wood of outdoor H. P. roses may be 

 taken in November, cut into -i to 6 inch 

 lengths, tied into small bundles, then 

 buried in a frost proof pit or frame, heels 

 up heads down, till spring, when they 

 should be unearthed, unfastened, and 

 planted closely in rows, and this time 

 heads up,in a cold frame or half shaded bor- 

 der. While many may fail, a good many 

 are apt to grow. But you can propagate 

 any kind of rose now in the open ground 

 by layering its shoots. We simply elbow 

 them into the ground, burying the bend 

 two or three inches deep and tamping the 

 ground firm with the foot to hold it in 

 place. And if the bark will lift easily, you 

 can now propagate by budding all vou 

 wish to; yon can bud good kinds on to 

 poor kinds, and put one or more varieiies 

 on a bush as vou mav elect. 



The Greenhouse. 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



Now that the houses are comparatively 

 empty see that theglazing is in good con- 

 dition, every pane properly bedded and 

 tacked in place. A coat of good paint 

 not only gives them a good appearance, 

 but also adds greatly to their water 

 tightness and preserves their wood. See 

 that the benches are in proper repair, that 

 every board is sound enough to carry its 

 load for another )'ear, and that all the 

 cross bars are strong and have a good 

 hold of their supports. 



Be sure that palms and other tropical 

 plants in the greenhouses don't get 

 spotted bv sun-burning, and especially 

 particnlar'about the shading to renew i't 



