For June, 1923 



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duced singly, are followed by extreniel}- handsome bottle- 

 shai)ed fruits. 



Though naturally a climber the Musk Rose (R. mos- 

 chata) will, if given space, grow into a large mound 

 with splendid effect. The enormous trusses of blossom 

 borne by this Himalayan Uriar are white and they emit a 

 powerful musk-life odor after rain. This is also known 

 as R. Brunonis. Another rampant grower, which will 

 also make a huge mass of gracefully arched branches, is 

 R. p)olyantha, of which there are many forms among the 

 climbers. Yet another rose species to which we owe 

 much — ^perliajK nmre tlian any other, in the creation of 



R. Liickla 



decorative garden roses — is R. indica. There are some 

 very lovely varieties of this, one of which bears the name 

 of Miss Lowe, and whose flowers are vivid rose-crimson, 

 being one of the best. Unlike most rose species R, indica 

 will 'blossom at intervals the season through. 



If a little tender the milk-white, highly scented, R. 

 bracteata, with very large, cup-shaped blooms, is an ex- 

 cellent species. It may at once be distinguished by the 

 size of its bracts which almost surround tlie orange-red. 

 silky fruits. R. sericea, very uniciue in the possession of 

 its four-petaled blossoms, shaped like a Maltese cross, 

 alwavs strikes an unusual note in the garden, as does that 

 curious form of the same species, R. pteracantha, with 

 the fierce, blood-red spines which give the branches a 

 winged appearance. 



Among the newer singles of garden origin there are 

 some remarkaWy lovely varieties and roses of tliis class, 

 as I have inferred, are becoming increasingly prominent 

 as a feature at all our great shows. One of the finest of 

 these is Ethel Tames, a strong bushy grower with pure 

 white, fragrant blooms. This novelty might be described 

 as a refined Isobel, and those who know the latter will 

 understand what that means. Mrs. Oakley Fisher is a 

 single in a rich orange-yellow, somewhat after the style 

 of Ladv Hillingdon, a good and shapely grower in bush 

 form. Golden Emblem, a magnificent \-ellow with im- 

 mense blossoms, has recently attracted much attention, 

 and as much may be said of The Queen Alexandra rose. 

 an intense scarlet-vermilion with a buft' reverse to the 

 petals which suggests a single Juliet, doubtless oaving to 

 a common parentage in the Austrian Briar. Princess 

 Mary has very big flowers which open flat, a brilliant 

 crimson-scarlet, and close rivals of this splendid variety 

 are the wonderful Red Letter Day and K. of K. 



So one might continue, and though I have not touched 

 the fringe of a vast subject, enough has been said, I hope, 

 to indicate the drift of our fashion in the modern rose. 



Nor is this a mere passing fancy. This type of rose has 

 come to stay. Even our National Rose Society, most 

 conservative of institutions, has at last been forced into 

 a more generous recognition of the single flower. Indeed, 

 the time is not far distant when those responsible for what 

 one may call organized rose culture must accord the wild 

 and oth.er single roses a welcome not less hearty than that 

 already accorded the doubles. It is a question of either 

 doing tb.at or ceasing to be representative of the best and 

 truest side of modern rose growing. 



BURNING OF EVERGREENS 



pA ERGREENS burn much worse some seasons than 

 ■'— ' others. It is not so much the cold that causes this as 

 the increasingly powerful rays of the sun in Spring. 

 Evergreens are unlike deciduous plants ; the latter clo not 

 mind a period of partial dryness at the roots in Winter, as 

 they are in a dormant condition and have no leaves de- 

 manding moisture. 



The writer has seen thousands of arbor-vitass and 



R. Hugoiiis 



junipers dead in Spring in the fields where they grow 

 wild, following a Winter which started with the soil dry 

 and when the soil remained frozen for months. The same 

 holds true of nurser}- stock. 



Evergreens must have moisture for their foliage all the 

 time. If it were possible to soak every evergreen just be- 

 fore Winter set in. we could rest assured that the mortal- 

 ity rate would be enormously decreased. This is esi)ecially 

 true of evergreens which have not been planted long. 

 Bitterly cold winds will cause some burning, but rarely 

 death if the ground is moist. The planting of windbreaks 

 of spruce, pine or other robust evergreens in nurseries 

 protects plants much and greatly reduces scorching. 

 Windbreaks and moisture would entirely eliminate burn- 

 ing of all but the more tender varieties. If the ground is 

 dry in late Fall, make a ring around as many plants as 

 possible and soak them ; push back the dry earth after the 

 water has passed out of the basin. This takes time, but 

 may save thousands of dollars' worth of evergreens in 

 Spring. — Florist's Reviezi'. 



