32 THE ROSE. 
when other summer roses are past and have 
gone their way, and succeed over a greater 
extent of territory than any other climbers. 
Although decidedly inferior in quality to 
the Tea-Noisettes and Climbing Teas, their 
hardiness and superior vigor of growth make 
them of great value where the more beautiful 
members of the sisterhood are too delicate in 
constitution to be made useful. When, then, 
it is desired to cover walls, trellises, old trees, 
unsightly buildings, etc., with roses, none 
will be found to do the work so efficiently as 
varieties of the Prairie Rose. It is very de- 
sirable that further development of this im- 
portant class should be found; we should 
endeavor, by artificial fertilization, to pro- 
duce hybrids, blending Hybrid Perpetual, 
Bourbon, and Noisette with the Prairies. 
This, with the more double varieties, is some- 
what difficult, as Ifoundin experiments made 
under glass last winter. I attempted to fer- 
tilize blooms of Baltimore Belle, Gem of the 
Prairies and Queen of the Prairies, by differ- 
ent varieties, such as General Jacqueminot, 
Safrano and Solfaterre, but the only seed I 
obtained was from one bloom of Gem of the 
Prairies fertilized by General Jacqueminot. 
The pistils of the Prairie Roses are glued to- 
‘gether, as it were, and make fertilization 
