OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



abroad, but here they run the risk of being passed 

 upon as worthless when many may be first-class 

 varieties. 



Owing to the difference in our climate, even the 

 color of imported roses may vary somewhat from 

 the European catalogued description. The average 

 rose is generally somewhat lighter in color, owing to 

 our extreme heat in summer. Killarney is an excep- 

 tion which proves this rule. This rose is catalogued 

 in the European lists as "Flesh-shaded white, suf- 

 fused pale pink"; in this country it is a solid light 

 pink, the shade depending on the sunlight, being 

 deeper in bright, hot weather. In the early spring 

 and in the autumn the color of most roses is darker 

 than in the summer, some varieties that usually 

 have a slight yellow tint becoming almost pink under 

 frosty nights and warm days. Mainly for the first 

 reason given it is a lottery for the average rose 

 grower to order new varieties; the greater part will 

 prove utter disappointments, a waste of money, space, 

 time and care, and the catalogued description must 

 be more than discounted. 



This book should guide the American purchaser 

 to order those roses which will give him the best 

 results. To secure a perfect list of such roses, every 

 variety found in the best catalogues has been care- 

 fully tested, and in the lists at the end of this chapter 



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