July 31, 1909 



HOKTICU LTURE 



135 



European Horticulture 



SOME XOVELTIES IN KOSES 



Etoile de France. This is Tea hvbricl having flowers 

 of a dark purple color, velvety and bright, and a bud of 

 considerable length and pleasing shape, which hag* the 

 propert}' of keeping or lasting for a long time. The 

 open bloom is globular, a matter of small consequence 

 compared with the elegance of the bud stage. It is a 

 particularly pretty flower, withstanding cool and wet 

 weather. For cutting as a bud it is to be highly 

 recommended. It does well in heavy soils; in light ones 

 it is advisable in dry times to supply water to the plants 

 in abundance, otherwise the color pales somewhat. 



Karl Eosimek, H. T., is a fiery red glittering flower 

 of a fine shape, delicious fragrance, and great durability. 

 As a bud or in the half-open state, or fully expanded, it 

 is a capital variety that does not deteriorate in color 

 as it ages — a good variety as second early or late flow- 

 ering, and for all purposes in the open air. 



Mine. Jean Everacrts, H. P. This is one of the 

 finest bright red roses of the best full form, with good 

 perfume, and, being an abundant bloomer, is an e.xeel- 

 lent subject for the cut flower trade. 



Mrs. A. M. Kirl-er, H. P., is a variety with bright 

 cherry red flowers, double, very fragrant, with reflexed 

 petals which impart a peculiar charm to the flowers. 

 Growth is vigorous and the wood firm. A good autumn 

 rose. Victor Morlot, H. P., is a velvety light red flower, 

 with a blackish tinge, large and well filled, the bud of 

 egg form. Mvie Segoitd Weber, H. T., salmon pink, 

 grand form and very full (good blooms were observed 

 of this variety at the late show of N. E. S. at the Ro\-al 

 Botanic Gardens, London). Excellent for every pur- 

 pose to which a rose can be put. It prefers a strong soil, 

 and moderate warmth when forced. 



Andnil-en an Lijdia Grimni, H. P. This fine variety, 

 of a pure, silky light pink tint, has a well filled, inter- 

 esting form and fragrant flower. The growth is robust, 

 and erect. It is one of the best of its color for cutting, 

 the flowering shoots being of great length ; and the flow- 

 ers develop perfectly in any sort of weather. The color 

 is a purer one than that of the well-known Baronne A. 

 de Eothschild, which it also exceeds in vigor of giowth 

 and shape of the flower. Short stalked flowers are never 

 found on the plant. 



Mmc. Jules Gravereau, H. T. This fine variety is 

 becoming a great favorite with rosarians. The bloom is 

 light pink, the buds very beautiful, and the shoots of a 

 great length. Growth is very vigorous — indeed semi- 

 Ecandent : excellent for covering a wall or fence, etc., 

 and suitable likewise as a bush, pyramid or standard. 

 The plant is not tender, withstanding a rather low de- 

 gree of cold without protection. 



Mine. Puirary, H. T. This is a very free variety, hav- 

 ing fragrant flowers, fairly full, of a light ^vellow color 

 at the lips of the petals and a darker tint in the centre. 

 Growth is compact and bushy, and in heavy soils the 

 flower stalks frequently grow to a considerable length. 

 For beds, borders and edgings the plant is very effective. 



Mine. Mehnie Soupert, H. T., is a beautiful variety 

 of an orange salmon tint ; has a long flower bud ; and 

 half opened it is extremely fine and graceful. The tint 

 of the flower is most taking. As a mid-season and late, 

 in frames, and the open gmund, it is a rose that is be- 

 coming a universal favorite. 



THE EFFECT.S OF HARP FROST.S OX ROSES, ETC. 



In the central region of Europe away from the sea 

 coast the rule is still, in the winter season, to place 

 some kind of protective materials over the roses of every 



class. Even climbing varieties on walls and fences are 

 protected with straw and mats, or they are unfastened, 

 and the branches bundled-up in straw or dry fern fronds 

 and then laid on the soil and covered with tree leaves. 

 In this manner the writer of this note was accustomed 

 in Austria to protect his roses; and in no year from 

 18T3-1880 was it an unnecessary work. Other plants 

 besides roses had, for safety's sake, to be protected in 

 the winter, viz.. Magnolia purpurea and M. Lennei, two 

 deciduous kinds, the latter white inside, and deep pur- 

 ple on the outside of the flower, needed a thick covering 

 of straw to be wrapped around them. The effect of 

 such protected plants is rather bizarre to the stranger 

 from milder climes, but seeing that in the generality of 

 winters the snow covers everything from the end of the 

 month of October till the first week of April, the eye 

 gets accustomed to these white statues, and hillocks of 

 tree leaves scattered about the garden and pleasure 

 ground. The effects of winter cold vary unaccountably 

 in Central Europe, and plants which escape injury one 

 year, may be severely injured or totally destroyed in 

 another, without apparent reason; and some striking 

 cases of this fact are given in a recent issue of the Gar- 

 tenwelt by a correspondent resident at Karlsruhe. A 

 fine old Calycanthus floridus, which for many years in 

 succession was covered with hundreds of its deliciously 

 fragrant flowers, was last winter completely frozen, in 

 so far as the ends of the shoots, and cryptomerias and 

 rhododendrons in exposed positions, were similarly in- 

 jured, some plants of the latter being killed. Further, 

 the frost acted injuriously on young plants of Kibes 

 sanguinea and Taxus baccata, the last named being 

 killed : likewise a Magnolia obovata with the exception 

 of one branch, although M. macrophylla, M. parviflora, 

 M. glauca, M. Yulan, M. tripetala, etc., have not suft'ered 

 in the least degree. The plants of the common Furze, 

 Ule.r Europeim, had to be cut back to the ground level, 

 but they are now putting forth young growth. Cercis 

 Siliquastrum and Carpinus betulus var. quercifolia, 

 have the upper parts of the crown completely frozen; 

 but all other fine species of shrubs and conifers have 

 escaped damage, such as Ceanothus Americanus, Zel- 

 kowa Keaki, Exochorda grandiflora, Chionanthus vir- 

 ginica, Halimodendron argenteum, Cunninghamia chi- 

 nensis, Cedrus Deodara, C. atlantica, C. atl. glauca and 

 C. Manetti and Pinus Jeffreyi, which in most districts 

 must be more or less protected, are at Karlsruhe not pro- 

 tected at all. A correspondent resident at Schlachtense 

 near Berlin states that at that place there is scarcely a 

 trace of injury from frost although no protection worth 

 mentioning was afforded. 



Of roses the chief sufferers are several of the newer 

 Hybrid Teas. Unprotected the following roses are un- 

 injured ; the climbing varieties, Aglaia, Ruga, Belle de 

 Baltimore and Tausendschon. The first named is a re- 

 markable variety, and splendid for covering a veranda 

 — the bud on opening of a canary yellow tint, changing 

 later to white, and possessing a delicious Tea fragrance. 

 The dwarf roses. Frau Karl Druschki, W. Allen Rich- 

 ardson, Mile. Franciska Kruger, Mme. Jules Grolez, 

 Gloire de Dijon. Reine Marie Henriette, Grace Darling, 

 Mme. Thibaut, ^Ime. Ravary, Yellow Kaiserin, Gross- 

 herzogin Alexandra. Clara Watson, Mme. Levavasseur, 

 Annchen Muller and Gruss an Teplitz are flowering 

 abundantly. Of climbs plants of Exochorda grandi- 

 flora, and likewise Rhododendron are uninjured, and are 

 flowering well. The first named has been unprotected 

 for a period of eight years. Among Conifers several 

 Picea sikhensis onlv. were killed by frost. 



