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is "supposed to have Noisette blood and not al)soluteIy hardy." 

 It survived the \\inter of 1933-34, the severest on record here, 

 without injury. 



Just before reaching the second arch, there is a selection of 

 Lambertiana roses — garden forms belonging to the multiflora 

 strain. These were originated by Peter Lambert, of Trier, (rer- 

 many, and are, in general, scrambling shrubs, some of which 

 may be trained as pillar roses. They are supposed to be recur- 

 rent bloomers but their performance in the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden has not been such as to warrant one going into ecstasies 

 over them. Judged on the basis of their behavior here, the best 

 varieties in this grou]) are: Geheimrat Dr. Mittweg, Heinrich 

 Gonrad Soth, and Peter Rosegger. Associated with the Lam- 

 bertiana roses, we have the Blackberry Rose {R. multiflora), 

 native to Japan and Korea, interesting because forms of it are 

 in wide use as an understock for Hybrid Tea roses. It is ex- 

 tremely vigorous, growing eight feet tall with panicles of small 

 white flowers which give rise to quantities of fruits resembling- 

 red currants, but smaller. The (^athay Rose, R. cathayensis 

 {R. multiflora var. cathayensis) , is of more slender habit and better 

 adapted for training as a climber. Specimens may be seen on the 

 arch and nearby pillar. This variety has small bright pink 

 flowers. See also under Climbers and Polyantha roses. 



Next to the Lambertiana group are two good specimens of 

 Rosa Ilugonis, a species which, partly because of extensive ad- 

 vertising', is now a w^ell-known and widely planted rose. Tt is 

 one of the first roses to come into bloom, and has a ]-)leasing 

 habit of growth and fine foliage; when covered with its myriads 

 of light yellow flow^ers it presents a handsome appearance. Gom- 

 plaints are sometimes made that it flowers itself to death and it 

 has been suggested that a way to avoid this is to cut out a few 

 of the canes when blossoming is over so as to reduce the number 

 ot fruits formed and thus lessen the strain on the plant. 



Adjoining are three bushes of a Ilugonis hybrid raised by Dr. 

 Van Fleet and named Dr. E. M. ^lills in honor of a former 

 President of The American Rose Society. Its male parentage is 

 uncertain. It forms a bushy shrub, about four feet high, blos- 

 soming early in the season with small, semi-double, primrose 

 yellow flow'ers. 



