Vol. V. 



82.00 a Year. 

 24 Numbers. 



CHICAGO, APRIL i, 1897. 



Single Copt 

 10 Cents. 



No. no. 



A ROSE GARDEN AT WOODS HOLL. BOSTON. MASS. 



Roses. 



fl ROSE GARDEN AT WOODS HOLL, MASS. 



Our illustration gives a view in the rose 

 garden of Hon. J. S. Fay at Woods Holl, 

 Mass. Mr. Fay's roses and their grower, 

 Mr. M. H. Walsh, have become famous 

 through the exhibitions of the Mass. Hor- 

 ticultural Society, where for several years 

 they have distanced all competitors in the 

 classes for which they have been entered. 

 Rose fanciers who have visited this beau- 

 tiful place during the rose season have 

 been filled with astonishment at the won- 

 derful luxuriance of growth and perfec- 

 tion of bloom displayed and found here, 

 an unequalled opportunity for seeing all 

 the leading varieties at their best, and 

 thus judging of thiir comparative value. 



The climate is very mild and many vari- 

 eties stand the winter here without in- 

 jury which in the vicinity of New York 

 and localities even farther "south would 

 require considerable protection. The con- 

 ditions are very similar to those prevail- 

 ing in parts of England where outdoor 

 roses are grown to a perfection unknown 

 in this country outside of the favored 

 section about Woods Holl. Not all of it 



is in the soil and climate, however. Mr. 

 Walsh himself is a potent factor. He is a 

 careful, studious and discriminating cul- 

 tivator and loves the rose as one must in 

 order to achieve great success. As a 

 hybridizer also his skill has been proven 

 and from his efforts have resulted the 

 finest hybrid remontants ever originated 

 in America. 



THE CLIMBING ROSE, GL01RE DE DIJON. 



Referring to what you say in the issue 

 of March 15, of the interest my mention 

 of Rosa moschata excited, I would say 

 that I received a letter from one of your 

 subscribers in Washington, D C, saying 

 the rose did splendidly with him. 



My object now is to call attention to 

 the good old climbing tea rose, Gloire de 

 Dijon. All rosarians know this rose, but 

 I am satisfied that but few of them know 

 what a hardv rose it is, or it would cer- 

 tainly be more used than it is. I can say 

 without any reserve whatever that for 

 the vicinity of Philadelphia it is perfectly 

 hardy. It is true that in a measure all 

 tea roses are hardy here, that is if pro- 

 tected a little about the roots all are, and 

 many are without any covering what- 

 ever. But in this rose, the Gloire de 

 Dijon, we have an ever blooming climbing 



rose, perfectly hardy, and which produces 

 its light salmon colored flowers from June 

 till November. 



In view of the fact that there is no 

 other climbing rose known hardy enough 

 for this locality, I aTi satisfied that manv 

 will be g'ad to know what I have said. 

 The one about my own porch has passed 

 through three winters with not an inch 

 of growth injured, and it is too, on the 

 southern end, which is deemed the worst 

 position of all for plants liaMe to injury. 

 Last season there were but ft vdays from 

 June till November in which no flowers 

 were open, the last bud expanded on No- 

 vember 10th, and other buds were pre- 

 vented from unfolding by freezing 

 weather setting in. I have but little 

 -doubt that this rose could be grown with- 

 out protection considerably north of this 

 In England, as I saw two years ago, 

 this is every one's rose. Its appearance 

 supported to the walls of dwellings, is 

 universal. And it is a great favorite in 

 their cemeteries. Many of the lots are 

 enclosed with railings, as they are here, 

 and a plant of this rose is set at the cen- 

 ter of each railing and the rose then 

 trained espalier shape to form a hedge. 

 I was fortunate enough to be at one of 

 these cemeteries when the first crop of 

 flowers expanded in mid June, and the 



