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ROSES THAT WILL GROW ANYWHERE 



D\ selecting some of the hardy types which will grow- 

 almost anywhere and under any conditions, it is pos- 

 sible to have roses throughout the Summer which, al- 

 though they may not be as big or quite as varied in their 

 shades of coloring as the tender types, adapted only to a 

 regular "rose garden," are, nevertheless, entirely' satis- 

 factory and will give an abundance of bloom for cutting 

 as well as being beautiful where they grow, writes F. F, 

 Rockwell. 



There is a whole class of roses, most of wliich have been 

 introduced comparatively recently, which are literally as 

 hardy as weeds, and which possess the very desirable 

 quality of flowering more or less continuously throughout 

 the entire season. These roses are known as the "baby 

 ramblers," as most of them are dwarf growing forms of 

 such well-known climbers as Crimson Rambler and 

 Dorothy Perkins. 



These roses closely resemble their cousins, the Climbing 

 Ramblers, both as to appearance and in colors. They bear 

 immense trusses of small roses and mav be had in great 

 variety of colors: pink, salmon-pink, rosy-pink, dark pink, 

 carmine pink, cerise pink, or brilliant crimson with white 

 centre, ruby crimson, cherry crimson, vermilion red 

 shaded to orange, white or yellow. 



So it is possible to suit almost every taste in regard 

 to rose color. Some of them are remarkably fragrant and 

 they may be used to splendid advantage in various ways 

 in the home garden or grounds. 



These little Baby roses grow on compact, well-shaped 

 small bushes of from 18 inches to 2 feet in height, and 

 are most effective to use as bedding plants where a solid 

 mass in a single color may be made the keynote for the 

 garden. Or they are excellent for use in borders or where 

 they are mingled in with other garden flowers. 



They are unusuallv prolific in their blooming and will 

 bear continuouslv from early in the season imtil frost. 



The Baby Ramblers, too, have the added advantage of 

 being e.xtremely easy to grow for they are uncommonly 

 hardy and require no pruning. Removing the last sea- 

 son's flower stems is all that is necessary in that line. 



When you are setting out these roses, be careful to put 

 the top of the ball of earth about 2 inches below the soil 

 level. 



Among the most ]io])ular are the ^Ime. Norbert Levavas- 

 seur, similar in color to the climbing crimson rambler; 

 Mrs. Cutbush, which carries large clusters of medium 

 sized flowers of a pleasing shade of peach-pink, and which 

 blooms until late in the Autumn ; Ellen Poulson, dark 

 brilliant pink, and very fragrant; Erna Teschendorll , 

 especially good for mass planting, beautiful deep crimson : 

 Clothilde .Soujiert, white shading to deep pink in centre 

 and excellent for bedding ; Yvonne Rabier, good variety 

 for ma.ssing, white with full double flowers. 



The rugosa roses will make themselves at home even in 

 .such places as on an exposed bank or near the foundation 

 of a building where most other plants would absolutely 

 refuse to grow. The plants, after they once become es- 

 tablished, throw up each year shoots or canes from under 

 ground roots, and thus serve to make a thick, very effec- 

 tive hedge where it is desired to use the plants for this 

 purix)se. The foliage of the Rugosa roses is very robust 

 and hardy, and insect and mildew prof)f. and remains 

 beautiful all Summer long. The large single and double 

 flowers are followed by brilliant red "seed jKjts'' which 

 remain on until well into the Winter. In addition to 

 being so very hardy, the ])lants require no care in the way 

 of ]>runing excejd to cut out the old canes clear back to the 

 ground even,' seconrl or third vear to make more rofim for 

 the new growth. 



The Rugosa hybrids are almost as hardy as the regular 



Rugosa, and the list of hybrids now contains many very 

 beautiful varieties. 



The Rugosa itself ni;iy be had in either the single red 

 or white form, or in a double rose. 



The Rugosa rose in a beautiful rosy carmine, which 

 carries single, fragrant flowers. This blooms nearly the 

 whole Summer. Rugosa alba is similar to the Rosa, 

 except that the flowers are white. Conrad Ferdinand 

 Afeyer is a beautiful pure silvery pink. This is very hardy, 

 and also fragrant, and has very attractive foliage which 

 makes a valuable ornamental shrub. 



THINGS AND THOUGHTS OF THE GARDEN 



[Continued from page 142) 

 tion covering over eight acres of space, and contain- 

 ing exhibits from not only Belgium but France, Great 

 Britain, Holland and other countries, I was particularly 

 struck with the eulogistic references to the wonderful 

 display of ranunculus shown in one of the salons by Dr. 

 .\ttilo Ragionieri. which appears to have been the real 

 sensation of this immense and well varied show. This 

 giant form of florists' ranunculus carried flowers which are 

 all double "and some were fully six inches in diameter 

 and set on a begonia plant would have passed for very 

 double begonia blooms." We are told that there were not 

 many white flowers, but all shades of yellow and gold, 

 red and maroon, mauve and purple, rose, pink, and almost 

 scarlet. It is to lie hoped that the Federal Horticultural 

 Board will permit the importation of some of this new 

 race of ranunculi. Surely they would create something 

 of a sensation at the big Spring shows in 1924. It is too 

 much to expect that these giant ranunculi will have any 

 value in our climate as garden plants, but for gentle forc- 

 ing purposes there should be a great field for them. 



ON DESIGNING A GARDEN 



(Continued from page 1.^0) 

 of many of them, lend themselves in their successful plant- 

 ing to the making of some of the loveliest of garden 

 scenes. The Japanese have the reputation for being 

 supreme in the art of landscape gardening, but our English 

 taste, a taste that is the product of long cultivation, likes, 

 at any rate in its gardens, something that is English in 

 feeling. \\ itii the more beautiful shrubs and trees, and it 

 may be a few masses of the stronger-growing herbaceous 

 plants and here and there a great boulder of stone, an 

 artist can make gardens every line of which is a joy to 

 look upon. 



To see the most beautiful of shrubs grouping themselves 

 in squares and rectangles, as I have seen them do under 

 the sujxfrvision of really skilled gardeners, is something 

 to be avoided. Shrubs should be chosen as much for the 

 beauty of their habit of growth as for iheir flowers, for 

 in form such planting as this is always lovely, whether the 

 ^hruljs be in flower or n;»t. 



There are too many interesting and beautiful shrubs to 

 attempt to enumerate them in the sjiace of a short article. 

 He sure, however, to include some Ixith of the upright and 

 ])rostrate-growing Junipers. The grey-green color of 

 their foliage as well as their beautiful habit of growth 

 makes of them some of the most usefid plants we h:ive. 

 .Also utilize conifers and other evergreens in any i>lanting 

 of shrubs; they add weight, and, in Winter, will intensify 

 the beautiful tracery of the branches of the deciduous 

 trees and shrubs by the contrast with their own jjersistent 

 green foliage. 



"o me the meanest flower that blows cm give 

 'hoiights that do often lie too deep for tears. 



-IVordsivorih. 



