CHAPTER XVIII 



SOME NEW CLASSES OF ROSES 



During recent years the rose has made remarkable 

 progress, and we are now able to enrich our gardens 

 with such classes and varieties that not so very long 

 ago were undreamt of. Who, for instance, could have 

 imagined such developments in the Hybrid Tea rose 

 possible in such a short time, yet now they are the most 

 popular of all roses ? It was once thought that Tea 

 roses would never be grown with much success out of 

 doors in this country, yet we possess a race of these 

 delightful roses that are practically hardy, and often, 

 in southern gardens at least, pass through the winter 

 with little or no protection. 



In another chapter reference is made to the crea- 

 tion of that wonderful new group, the Pernetiana roses. 

 Probably the roses that will next startle a delighted 

 rose world are perpetual-flowering Ramblers. There 

 are already several that blossom freely a second, and even 

 a third time, and their number is bound to increase. 

 Semi-climbing perpetual-flowering varieties will assuredly 

 follow — roses that may be grown as bushes or on low 

 pillars. There is already one notable instance in the 

 variety Trier, which blossoms throughout the summer. 

 Owners of large gardens would find such roses of great 

 value for planting in groups on the lawn. 



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