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buy mine rose. Dey all vants him hardy, 

 dey vants him dooble, dey vants him nice 

 gooler, dey vants him sehmell goot, dey 

 vants him moondly, dey vants him to be 

 everyding in von rose. Now 1 haf to say 

 to dose ladies, dat I sees not dat lady dat 

 is rich, dat is young, dat is goot demper, 

 dat is bootii'ul, dat is healdy, dat is 

 sehmart, dat is efery dings in von lady. 

 I sees her not mooch." There is more 

 truth than poetry in the German's petu- 

 lance. 



And what rose lover would want all 

 the good qualities in one rose? Not many 

 at all events. The variation is the charm. 

 We would wish that the fragrance of La 

 France was bestowed on Crimson Ram- 

 bler, or that Persian Yellow was devoid 

 of its villainous odor, but we will not 

 part with them on that account. We 

 may wish that the little polyantha or 

 multiflora roses were allotted a perfume 

 equal to the teas or hybrid perpetuals, 

 but they are none the less charming with- 

 out it. Some day perhaps our hybridizers 

 will give us roses with qualities now lack- 

 ing in our present favorites for which we 

 thank them in advance. S)me day, too, 

 we may have a nomenclature committee, 

 who will meet the French roses at the 

 portals of our country and re-christen 

 them with a pronounceable name before 

 presenting them, for which we all most 

 devoutly thank them in advance. A rose 

 by any other name than "Mademoiselle 

 Suzanne Marie de Rodocannachi" would 

 smell just as sweet, and we would not 

 miss our train trying to tell our neighbor 

 what it is called. It is to be hoped that 

 the young lady changed her name and 

 that it was a shorter one. Provision 

 should be made in such a case for a like 

 change in the name of the rose. The man 

 who called a rose "Grande Duchesse Her- 

 itiere Marie Anne de Luxembourg" had 

 no consideration for the poor gardener or 

 florist who would have to write it on a 

 our inch label with a stump of a pencil. 



They don't write it. They simply say 

 the rose is no good; it is relegated to ob- 

 scurity and so they have their revenge. 

 It is a pity that the French raisers cannot 

 see the absurdity of calling roses such 

 long names and above all calling them 

 after every member of a family, resulting 

 in unlimited confusion. 



The last five years has been most pro- 

 lific in new roses, in fact almost a revo- 

 lution has taken place, and the planter 

 to-day has vastly improved material to 

 select from. That grand rose the Crim- 

 son Rambler has added an entirely new 

 feature to the garden and must be reck- 

 oned with for a complete rose garden, 

 either trained in pillar form, on an arbor, 

 or on the house. No garden is complete 

 without it. Following in its wake, we 

 have the Yellow Rambler (Aglaia) and 

 the dream of years is realized in it. Then 

 we have the "Pink Rambler" (Euphro- 

 syne) and the "White Rambler" (Thalia). 

 It is perhaps too early yet to say that 

 these latter are of ironclad hardiness, but 

 they promise well. Another beautiful 

 pillar rose is Carmine Pillar, unique in its 

 magnificent shade of rosy carmine. Rosa 

 Wichuraiana has added another charm- 

 ing feature to the rose garden, and I do 

 not know a more pleasing sight than to 

 see it trained up to a post as a single 

 specimen, or trained to form an archway. 

 Its foliage alone will repay for the trouble, 

 but its flowers are mostchaiming in their 

 grace and beauty. The double varieties 

 of this are a great advance, equally beau- 

 tiful foliage, flowers exquisitely fragrant. 

 The "Pink Roamer," one of the hybrids, 

 has the charming color of Carmine Pillar, 

 and is a most useful rose. For covering 

 terraces or low boundary walls, these 

 roses are of inestimable value. The new 

 Hybrid Sweet Briars add another feature 

 to our garden roses. 



The hybrid tea section has been won- 

 derfully developed, particularly by J. Per- 

 net-Ducher, who has given us Mme. Car- 



oline Testout, Mile. Germaine Trochon, 

 a yellow variety like "Sunset," which has 

 proved hardy at New York, Mme. Abel 

 Chatenay, a beautiful pink rose, and 

 Souvenir du President Carnot. These 

 are all fine garden roses. Belle Siebrecht 

 must not be overlooked as a summerrose 

 and that grand acquisition, Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria, supplies the finest 

 white flowers it is possible to get. For 

 those who like novelty in roses that taste 

 can be satisfied with Roger Lambelin, 

 crimson and white, just like Gen. Jacque- 

 minot after being treated with a sulphur 

 match as we did when boys. Then we 

 have that wonder, the Inconstant Beauty, 

 with its manv-colored flowers, another 

 and a lovely "freak." 



In hybrid perpetuals the year is made 

 memorable by the introduction of Jubilee, 

 the rose that won for its raiser the gold 

 medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, peerless in its magnificent velvety 

 crimson and pure red. And before I for- 

 get it let me whisper in your ear that 

 there is another American rose which is 

 coming out soon and which will be worth 

 having in the garden, viz.: Mrs. Robert 

 Garrett, a hybrid tea of the largest size, 

 long, pointed buds, a beautiful clear pink, 

 as yet, it is without a rival in sight. And 

 so as not to create a wrong impression, 

 let me say that it is likely to lead all the 

 pink forcing roses as well because of its 

 size and magnificent color. 



And what garden is complete without 

 the Rosa rugosa? None. A rose garden 

 without a representative is like the play 

 of Hamlet without the moody Dane. If 

 there is room at all put in a plant of that 

 beautiful child of the rugosa, Mme. 

 Georges Bruant. Don't forget to save a 

 corner for the moss roses, as moist and 

 cool as you can get it. There is nothing 

 on earth prettier than a perfect bud of the 

 Old English, Glory of Mosses, or Crested 

 Moss, not forgetting that pale beauty, 

 Comtesse de Murinais. In is a pity our 

 climate is not more in accord with" their 

 wants and I for one would surrender 

 tomatoes so that we could have them in 

 perfection. 



Speaking of climate reminds me that 

 people will hanker after standard roses, 

 in the face of the prohibition nature has 

 set against them here. There may be 

 beau ty in a standard rose " I'm not denyin ' 

 of it" but it is associated in my mind 

 with the circus clown on stilts, the differ- 

 ence being that he gets on spindles and 

 looks ridiculous for monev, while the poor 

 rose is perched on a stork's leg for a 

 whim, or as a tribute to laziness. If you 

 have room at all, put in a plant of Rosa 

 setigera where it will have room to 

 scramble. 'Tis patriotic to do it and you 

 will never be ashamed of it. And nearby 

 put in a plant or two of Rosa rubiginosa 

 but not too near,- or its American cousin 

 is apt to throttle it. A little farther on 

 put in Persian Yellow and its paler sister 

 Harrison's Yellow. By way of variety 

 put in the old Austrian Copper, the 

 multiflora japonica, the Dawson rose. 

 Give them plenty of room and let them 

 have their own way to a great extent, 

 then no one can cavil at them on account 

 of stiffness. 



There is no limit apparently when once 

 we start to individualize in roses but the 

 little polyantha roses must not be forgot- 

 ten as an edging for your beds of tea 

 roses, and above all Clothilde Soupert. 

 One of the newer tea roses I must not 

 forget to mention viz.: Princess Alice de 

 Monaca, somewhat on the order of 

 Duchesse de Brabant (Comtesse de La- 

 barthe), but more compact and even 

 more free in blooming. 



