August 5, 1905 



HORTICULTURi: 



Rambler Roses at Woods Hole 



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We present in this issue two 

 pictures showing the superb decora- 

 tive effect of the new rambler roses 

 raised by M. H. Walsh, especially 

 for pillar or arbor use. One excel- 

 lent characteristic of these roses 

 is their appropriateness in associa- 

 tion with wild growths and natural 

 scenery, such as the surroundings 

 of many summer residences usually 

 consist of. After the delightful 

 railroad trip to Woods Hole, past 

 clumps of wild roses and Azalea 

 nudiflora, with glimpses of summer 

 sea and sail and distant island, and 

 sandy hills, and sun-burnt girls, 

 the transition to the ordinary forms 

 of lawn and garden adornment 

 could never give the pleasing and 

 harmonious impression that one 

 gets on entering this remarkable 

 rose garden. So perfectly do they 

 assimilate with the native verdure 

 that they might be scattered all 

 along the wayside without awaken- 

 ing a doubt in the mind of the traveler t 

 were spontaneous growths. 



Another good quality worth mentioning is that 

 these roses vary so much ^s to their flowering that 

 they prolong the time of roses fully a month beyond 

 the usual period of June blooming. When the ac- 

 companying views were taken in mid-July, several 

 varieties were through blooming and a number of 

 others were full of buds just beginning to show color. 

 Minnehaha is one of the latest bloomers. Debutante 

 and Babette are especially valuable from their habit 

 of throwing a second crop of flc5wers extending well 

 into the fall. All are perfectly hardy. 



Lady Gay is the variety that received so much 

 attention and high honors at the EngHsh shows this 

 season. It is very double and of a beautiful soft 

 pink color fading to white as the flowers mature. 

 Evangeline is, in Mr. Walsh's opinion, destined to be 

 the queen of the singles. The bloom is very large, 

 saucer-shaped, light pink, flushed and veined with 

 deeper pink and fading to white with age. The 



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PY Gay, Debutante and Sweetheart 



flowers appear in big trusses and their bold effect 

 with the enormous shining foHage, makes this va- 

 riety one of great promise for park work. 



Another single that is very attractive is named 

 Paradise. It is not yet ready for distribution. The 

 petals are wavy and shell-like, the bright yellow 

 stamens showing up strong against the lively pink. 

 There are a number of other seedlings, both double 

 and single, of charming habit and effect. One, as 

 yet unnamed, which is to be put on the market next 

 year, bears fine double flowers of deeper pink than 

 Lady Gay and borne on long slender trusses which, 

 with the delicate foliage characteristic of the variety, 

 produce a most graceful effect. No country place 

 should be without an abundance of these gems, 

 which, whether trained or allowed to run at liberty, 

 are the peers of anything in decorative planting. 

 No doubt the cut blooms of the double varieties 

 will have a distinct market value in the future on 

 account of their remarkably long-keeping qualities 

 when cut. 



British Horticulture 



Anemone Speci.\lists 

 At some of the recent shows of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society a brilliant display has been made 

 with the anemones raised at the nurseries of Messrs. 

 Gilbert and Sons, at Dyke, in Lincolnshire. They 

 have been showing this subject since the spring of 

 1903, during which time they have won seventeen 



medals, and twelve awards of merit for their very 

 fine King of Scarlets, which is regarded as one of 

 the best doubles in cultivation. Queen of Roses is 

 another excellent double raised by this firm, this 

 being of a rosy carmine tint. About one hundred 

 different varieties are cultivated at the nurseries, 

 including the firm's noted St. Brigid strain. It is 



