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GARDENING. 



Aug. 15, 



apart twelve months ago last spring, 

 and they have made a splendid growth. 

 A trellis had to be erected to support the 

 many strong canes which springfrom the 

 base of each plant, and this summer the 

 breaks on these canes are so numerous 

 that the whole forms a perfect hedge. As 

 every side growth terminates in a large, 

 well-shaped panicle of beautiful bright 

 bloom, the whole trellis is a grand, solid 

 mass of crimson roses in all stages of 

 development, from the tiniest bud to a 

 full-sized, open flower. In Mr. Ell- 

 wanger's private grounds a similar trellis 

 has been in full bloom for the same length 

 of time, but the growth here is even 

 stronger than in the famous old nursery 

 grounds, and this season's canes are sur- 

 passing those of last year in thickness 

 and length, promising to give still better 

 results another season. It is wonderful 

 how persistently the petals adhere to the 

 full blown flower; they do not drop until 

 the}' are nearly dry, and as the clusters 

 are dense and many-flowered, we cannot 

 notice when a dozen flowers have lost 

 their beauty, because others have filled 

 out the space and covered the unsightly 

 old calyx with their spreading petals. 

 This is truly a grand rose for every imag- 

 inable purpose, outdoors or under glass. 

 It behaves well in either case, and we can 

 readily dispose of it at any time ot the 

 year either as a pot plant or in the cut 

 state. It is especially recommendable for 

 ornamental purposesin the garden, for we 

 have no other plant of its class which 

 could lie equally satisfactory in every 

 respect during June and July. We can 

 train it ten feet high, or, if so desired, we 

 may keep it down to four or five feet by 

 pruning or pinching, and in either case 

 we cm relv on a most profuse show of 

 bloom. J. B. K. 



SINGLE ROSES AT EOflNDflLE. 



Intelligently used as to situation and 

 grouping, anyone desiring them may have 

 attractive spots in their grounds by the 

 use alone of the native roses of Cook 

 county, Illinois. The first to bloom is the 

 pale pink A'osa blanda varying in height 

 in the wild state from one to four leet. 

 This rose will thrive in extremely dry 

 situations, in sandy soil, or on drv loa i y 

 clay banks. I have seen it covering the clay 

 banks of the railroad cuts, blooming as 

 freely as onecould wish. Certainly nature 

 here gives a hint to some of us who may 

 have unsightly banks to cover. 



About the time R. blanda is fully in 

 bloom, the swamp rose (A'. Carolina) 

 opens up, and if in a congenial situation — 

 a rather damp one — it will continue in 

 flower well into August. It has dull 

 green foliage, and showy pink flowers. 

 Following this comts the dwarf A'. 

 luimilis which opens upa lew daj's earlier 

 than the eastern R. lucida supposed by 

 some to be identical with it. This ( A'. 

 Inuntlis) is very accommodating, in that 

 it will thrive in dry and quite shady 

 locations. Its flowers vary from quite a 

 dark pink to an almost pure white. The 

 foliage is a dark green, clean and quite 

 glossy, assuming most beautiful autumn 

 tints. In this feature it is most valuable, 

 a bank of it leading up to a group of 

 sumach, backed by a few well colored 

 maples, making a picture not easily for- 

 ten. 

 1 have a batch of some fifteen hundred 

 plants along a wild roadway, planted 

 thickly to take the placeof grass, and the 

 i lint of its mass of coloring in the tall is 

 charming. There are many estates in the 

 west where this rose could be used with 

 1 results, and the plantation would 



not require, after the first year, as much 

 care as it would on the lawn. I took my 

 plants from the open woods where they 

 were growing in the grass and to simu- 

 late the shading of the rootsby the grass, 

 moneywort (Lysimachia nummularis) 

 was planted among them. 



Early in July A', sctigera, the Michigan 

 or prairie rose, commences to flower. 

 This is a climber, and as is well known, 

 the parent of the familiar Baltimore 

 Belle. Prairie Queen and others. A group 

 of this form, trained to a post, makes a 

 grand picture about July 15, when it is in 

 its prime with numerous clusters of large 

 rose colored blooms. With meit requires 

 an open situation, as otherwise it mil- 

 dews during some seasons. While still 

 speaking of our native roses, it is well to 

 mention that there is a white form of R. 

 lucida that is an acquisition. This and 

 the type are hardy here, but not native. 



Among the exotics the first to open — 

 much earlier than any of the above men- 

 tioned — is the charming A' spinosissima 

 Altaica. sometimes catalogued as A'. 

 grandifiora. It blooms in May, large 



single paper-white flowers, nearly cover- 

 ing the bush with its mass of bloom. It 

 grows about three feet high, forming a 

 very symmetrical bush and is hardy here 

 in ordinary winters without protection. 

 R. rugosa follows in quick succession. It 

 is too well known to require description, 

 but 1 desire to call attention to one feat- 

 ure. In the pink form, there are several 

 shades, ranging from the weuk, washy 

 color to a rich pink identical with that ot 

 the rugosa hybrid, Belle Poitevine, of M. 

 Bruant. The stock of this rose is bo plen* 

 tilul now that nurserymen can afford to 

 weed out the poor colors. 



The handsome R. rubrifolia closely fol- 

 lows the rugosa. This is essentially a 

 shrubbery rose, most effective in that 

 position, or standing alone at the edge of 

 the lawn. It is extremely handsome in its 

 foliage effect, especially the new growth. 

 The specific term rubrifolia is misleading, 

 it having more of a glaucous hue than 

 red. The flowers are numerous, rather 

 small, dark red, with a pinkish center. 

 For a short time after blooming the 

 brown stamens give the bush a rusty 



SPRAY OF NEW ROSE JERSEY BEAUTY. 



