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rose that form the hedge enclosing the 

 grden, and the beds of moss roses, of 

 Mme Flantier and of rugosa with its 

 hybrid, Mine. 0. Bruant. These wereleft 

 upright and protected at the roots only 

 with the covering of leaves, and they 

 came through all right excepting the 

 climber. It was killed back to the leafy 

 covering everywhere except on the west 

 side of the garden where the hedge is 

 somewhat protected by a growth of 

 small oaks. The hedge is formed by turn- 

 ing the new wood down along two wires 

 that arc slrctclicd on stakes respectively 

 about cighlcc n inches and two and one- 

 half feci above the ground. The lower 

 branches were protected by the covering 

 of leaves and have bloomed profusely. 

 The upper wood is all dead. 



When the roses were tineovered in late 

 spring the wood of certain varieties was 

 green to the tips although the winter 

 was severe, and while there was an un- 

 usual amount of snow, the coldest 

 weather occurred when the ground was 

 bare. 



While the ro;cs look well and have done 

 well as a whole, there is a marked differ- 

 ence between varieties, some having done 

 especially well and some proven worth- 

 less under the conditions named. The one 

 that Stan 's out distinctly as the best all 

 around rose of any color is Mrs. John 

 Laing, and the one that is most unsatis- 

 factory in every way is American Beauty. 

 The last seems quite worthless here as an 

 out of door rose. Next to Mrs. Laing in 

 hardiness, thriftiness and florifcrousness 

 comes Marshall P. Wilder with Gen. 

 Jacqueminot a close third. Almost 

 "equalling these are Earl of Dufferin and 

 Alfred Colomb Next in excellence, and all 

 have done well, come the following H. R. 

 varieties, named about in the order of 

 their merit. 



Jeannie Dickson, 



Baroness Rothschild, 



Comtesse de Serenye, 



Paul Neyron, 



Anne de Diesbach, 



John Hopper, 



Prince Camille de Rohan, 



Fisher Holmes, 



Merveille de Lvon, 



La Reine. 



Mabel v;orrison, 



Pjeonia, 



Caroline d' Arden, 



Jean Liabaud. 



It will be noticed that the collection is 

 especially rich in bright and deep red 

 roses, that pink flowers ars fairly numer- 

 ous and that white ones are scarce. 



The cream of the list of H. R 's for use 

 under the conditions found there is as 

 f(5llows: 

 Deep crimson: 



Prince Camille de Rohan, 



Earl of Dufferin, 



Jean Liabaud. 

 Crimson: 



C.en. J,-icqueminot, 



Fisher Holmes. 

 Carmine and vermilion: 



Marshall P. Wilder, 



Alfred Colomb, 

 Rose: 



Anne de Diesbach, 



Paul Neyron, 



[ohn Hopper, 



La Reine. 

 Pink: 



Mrs. John Laing, 



Baroness Rothschild, 



Comtesse de Serenye, 



Jeannie Dickson. 

 White: 



Merveille de Lyon, 



Mabel Morrison. 



Of these Mrs. John Laing, as before 

 said, is lasily the leader, keeping perfectly 

 under the covering of leaves, blooming 

 well the first of the seasoc (although not 

 as profusely as either Wilder or "Jack"), 

 and showing for a second crop of flowers 

 a fat, healthy bud on every one of numer- 

 ours thrifty new shoots. 



Marshall P. Wilder is also producing a 

 a good second crop of splendid flowers, 

 and continuous flowering is a noticeable 

 characteristic of Earl of Dufferin, Jeannie 

 Dickson and Alfred Colomb. Several 

 others are preparing to bloom again but 

 those named give the best promise. 



The strongest growing H. R. in the 

 garden is Margaret Dickson, but it is so 

 chary of its lovely flowers that it is a dis- 

 appointment. It would seem that such 

 thrifty growth might by some method be 

 made to produce flowers. Unless this can 

 be done the variety is of no use here. 



The standard trained roses have done 

 fairly well under the same treatment 

 given the others, which includes a thick 

 . mulch of lawn clippings in summer. 



The Rugosa roses have done splendidly 

 and are very satisfactory, the hybrid, 

 Mme. G. Bruant, being the best bloomer 

 and quite as hardy as the Rugosas prop- 

 er. These were not turned down and 

 neither were the plants of Mme Plantier 

 nor the moss roses Their beds were 

 covered nith about si.x inches of leaves 

 held in place by an open covering of 

 longer material just as described in con- 

 nection with the plants that were pinned 

 to the ground. Of the moss roses Capt. 

 John Ingrain, purplish crimson, and 

 Comtesse de Murinais, white, bloomed 

 best, and in the Perpetual Moss class 

 Mme. Salet, light rose, and Blanche 

 Moreau, white, are most satisfactory. 

 In the arrangement of the moss roses the 

 branching Comtesse de Murinais occupies 

 the centre of a bed that is bordered with 

 the more upright, trim plants of Blanche 

 Moreau. 



In climbing June roses Pride of Wash- 

 ington is the best, being full of flowers on 

 the living wood left from last year, but it 

 is not hardy except when all of the wood 

 is protected. The plants are all sending 

 out strong vigorous shoots that, if pro- 

 tected this winter, will make the garden 

 far more lovely in June of '96 than it has 

 been this year. Baltimore Belle must be 

 turned to the ground and well protected 

 or it will get winter killed. Queen of the 

 Prairie blooms less well than Pride of 

 Washington and is ratherless hardy here 

 The Polyantha roses, as well as others 

 of low growth, were mostly smothered to 

 death by a dense growth of verbenas 

 that filled all of the rose beds last year. 

 It made a fine mass of flowers that was 

 charming to look at, but as a summer 

 mulch the verbenas were not a success, 

 for they smothered nearly as many roses 

 as were winter killed. The honeysuckles 

 that were used to edge the beds during 

 World's Fair time have all been removed 

 because they too ran riot through the 

 roses and could not be kept within 

 bounds. 



Clothilde Soupert, that has so many 

 good qualities, has not proved hardy, pro- 

 tected like the others it still froze back 

 badly. 



Rosa Wicburaiana, thejapanesecreeper, 

 wintered well. 



The Tea roses suffered the most from 

 the cold. The hardiest and, in fact, the 

 only varieties that did not winter kill 

 badly under their blanket of leaves arc 

 Gloirc de Dijon (which is farand away the 

 strongest grower of its class in the gar- 

 den), and Reine Marie Henriette. The 

 first two are climbers withexquisitc flow- 



ers and there seems to be no reason why 

 northern amateurs, who are willing to 

 take the trouble to lay their roses down 

 for winter, should not have a share of the 

 delightful effects produced by these climb- 

 ers in southern gardens — notably those of 

 New Orleans, where Reine Marie Henriette 

 in particular is in great favor. 



Gloire de Dijon is blooming continu- 

 ously and is thrilty. The flowers are not 

 as large as those grown under glass but 

 they are, nevertheless, charming in color 

 and very fragrant. The varieties that 

 have proven most unsatisfactory are La 

 France, which got frozen back badly but 

 has thrown up new shoots and promises 

 a good late crop of flowers; Belle of Nor- 

 mandy, that is hardy but does not per- 

 fect its flowers; George the IV, that is 

 both hardy and thrifty but gives so few 

 roses that it is worthless here; Her 

 Majesty, which is a strong grower but 

 not hardy and it does not flower well; 

 Francois Treyve that is also vigorous 

 and hardy but fails to perfect its numer- 

 ous buds, which blight as they begin to 

 open; Francois Levet with the same 

 faults as F. Treyve but which seems to 

 promise a late crop of open flowers, the 

 early buds utterly refusing to unfold; 

 Magna Charta, that is less hardy than 

 many of the others; Margaret Dickson, 

 that is hardy, and more vigorous than 

 any other rose on the grounds but rarely 

 shows a flower; and American Beauty, 

 that winter kills so badly as to be worth- 

 less here, andthefew that did survive are 

 so shabby and backward ihat the bed of 

 "Beauties' is a blot on the garden. 



F. C. SiiAViiv. 



ROSES m NEBRflSKfl. 



I haveexperimented more or less during 

 the past ten years of my twenty-three 

 years of residence in Nebraska with roses 

 and flowering shrubs. The article in 

 Gardening of July 1 on the roses in Jack- 

 son Park, Chicago, prompts me to testify 

 to the good qualities of the following 

 roses, as they grow here, in Nebraska, 

 about ninety miles west of the Missouri 

 river, and north of the Platte river: 

 Jacqueminot, Baroness Rothschild, Anne 

 de Diesbach. Magna Charta, Souv de 

 Wootton Earl of Dufferin, Sir Garnet 

 Wolseley, Prince C. de Rohan, Marshall 

 P. Wilder, Ulrich Brunner, Captain 

 Christy, Madame Planter, Persian Yel- 

 low, Baltimore Belle, Queen of the Prairie 

 and Scotch. The last four are not pro- 

 tected in winter, except with a mulch 

 around their roots. All the others, in- 

 cluding some Tea and Bourbon roses, 

 — being planted in a straight row for 

 greater convenience— are mulched with 

 cow manure, not necessarily decayed, to 

 the depth of say three inches^he branches 

 of the roses are then pegged down and 

 leaves thrown over them about four 

 inches deep. On the top of this I place 

 some litter, generally cow manure out of 

 the bam, this is to keep the leaves from 

 blowing away. This work is done.about 

 the latter part of November, according to 

 season, then, before the ground freezes 

 hard, I get some fine earth, which does 

 not have to be rich, but should be free 

 from the seeds of weeds, and put it on the 

 top of the rest and the job is complete, 

 and the roses in winter quarters. The 

 following spring, say about April, I draw 

 this protection from around the bushes, 

 gradually, but do not disturb the same 

 any more than is absolutely necessary to 

 give good shape to the surface of the bed, 

 and after cutting back and removing any 

 surplus wood, nothing more is to be 

 done. As we have n-^ whiter rains to 

 amount to anything, I find this mode of 



