THE PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



bers of the Rosaceae order. His seedlings won a 

 silver medal at Portland in the fall of 1915. It is 

 hoped that ere long some of his novelties will be on 

 the market. 



Following will be found a tabulated record of the 

 breeding of the main varieties in which the Hybrid 

 Perpetuals and Teas figure. It has not been arranged 

 at all in conformity with the usual botanical analy- 

 ses of species and sub-species, but the information 

 given has been taken from such books as Pemberton's 

 and placed together so that the history of the breed- 

 ing of the different varieties may be seen at a glance. 

 There are several authorities who have noted that 

 the exact breeding of the Hybrid Perpetuals is to 

 some extent problematical. The roses named as the 

 Hybrid Perpetuals' immediate ancestors are gener- 

 ally accepted as such, but some few other varieties 

 were used in the gradual evolution of this class from 

 the first Hybrid Perpetual until the list was com- 

 pleted. At the present time there are fewer Hybrid 

 Perpetuals bred, as the Hybrid Teas have almost 

 entirely superseded them. 



The work of hybridization is a most interesting 

 one, but unless carried out on a scientific scale it is 

 almost entirely a matter of chance whether or not 

 anything of value may be secured. No doubt any 

 one cultivating roses to a large extent would greatly 



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