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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



THINGS AND THOUGHTS OF THE GARDEN 



{Continued from page 32) 

 Having just killed free seeds, will it be necessary next to 



This is a matter worth serious con- 

 horticutural interests of the United 



scotch free bulbs 

 sideration by the 

 States. 



A Gardners' Chronicle reader wants to know if the 

 writer can recommend the Rose, Gloire de Dijon, as a 

 garden rose. I would say that I have grown it successfully 

 outdoors in New England for over a quarter of a century. 

 This good old rose has been in commerce for seventy 

 years and remains one of the most popular varieties in 

 Europe today. I well remember thirt}--five years ago 

 when filling orders for hardy roses, that every customer 

 would insist on having "at least one Glory" put in the 

 bundle. Although a tea, it wintered successfully with 

 the same protection given other roses in Brookline, Mass. 

 and flowered very persistently. .\ gentleman in Hing- 

 ham. on the south shore of JNIassachusetts, classes it as 

 one of his finest climbers and it covers a good portion of 

 the front of his house. Abroad it is grown as a dwarf, 

 standard, and climber; here it is best treated as a climber 

 and laid down in Winter. I feel sure that many amateurs 

 as well as professionals would do well with this grand 

 old rose. The color is buff with an orange, yellow centre 

 and the flower is large, full, and fragrant. Many firms 

 ofifer it, — why not trj' it ? 



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^'ermont has long been noted as a state whose dairy 

 products, turkeys, anil maple syrup are of the highest 

 quality. We all know the Green Mountain State as a 

 delightful spot in Summer, and Winter sports have given 

 it still further eclat. It may occasion surprise to some to 



learn that the apple industry in this cold New England 

 .state bids fair to ont-do the maple sugar industry in im- 

 portance. At Bennington, Vt., there is now one orchard 

 covering no less than three thousand acres with fifty-five 

 thousand apple trees, ana twenty thousand more of p>ears, 

 plums, quinces and cherries. The most up to date 

 scientific methods are used here and commencing in 1923, 

 it is hoped to send out a train load of apples daily during 

 the height of the apple season from this and some other 

 Liennington orchards. Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, 

 and Mcintosh Red are the leading apples, the red colored 

 sorts being grown in much the greatest quantities. 



The question is occasionally raised, what is the most 

 IKipular rose in the world today? I would unhesitatingly 

 plump for the Gloire de Dijon. Introduced by Jacotot of 

 Dijon, France, as long ago as 1850, no other rose has 

 attained such a widespread popularity. It is equally good 

 abroad as a bush, standard, climber, pergola, for pegging 

 down or for walls. It has buff or salmon colored flowers, 

 and is very fragrant. Here in Massachusetts it will with- 

 stand 15 to 20 degrees below zero, and on the South 

 Shore, it proves to be one of the finest climbers. This 

 gran:! old rose is worthy of increased culture. Unlike 

 our regular ramblers, Gloire de Dijon is a peri>etual 

 !)lconier and has a fragrance peculiar to the teas, lacking 

 in most of our ramblers. It is interesting to recall some 

 of the earliest l''rench introductions among roses ; between 

 1840 and 1853 there were sent out such splendid sorts as 

 Cloth of Gold, 1843; Prevost, 1842; Blairii, 1845; Celine 

 Forester, 1840; Geant de Batailles. 1846; General Jacque- 

 minot, 1852 ; Jules Margotten, 1853 ; and Gloire de Dijon, 

 1850. About all these roses are still in culture, surely a 

 tribute to their worth. 



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