OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



One new stock, Glorie des Rosomanes (Ragged 

 Robin) has been tried in California by Howard & 

 Smith of Los Angeles, and has been found to do 

 well there. It has also been sold throughout the 

 East, and so far has a good record. 



Taking up the classes of roses in order: 



Hybrid Perpetuals show nothing new. 



Hybrid Teas and Pernetianas have, as usual, many introductions, 

 a few of which may be recommended. 



Among the indoor roses used commercially it is pleasing to find 

 some of merit for outdoor work, and here the future holds promise, 

 especially in the productions of E. G. Hill of Richmond, Indiana. 



The following Hybrid Teas and Pernetianas may be recommended 

 as ranking closely with the first forty-eight noted in Chapter H. 

 The list given includes only those which are the very best of the 

 new roses, or which have improved as old ones. 



In the hght-colored section Mrs. MacKellar has proved to be 

 the best rose. It is a hght lemon yellow which fades to cream 

 flesh; it is good for cutting and gives a total of twenty-eight blooms; 

 the habit, growth, foUage and stem are all good. 



Mrs. Franklin Dennison, catalogued, "porcelain white, varied 

 primrose yellow deepening to ochre base," is a good cutting rose, 

 with good stem; twenty-two petals; gives seventeen blooms. 



Clarice Goodacre, already mentioned, is another good cutting 

 rose; but is a shy bloomer. 



Among the light decoratives, Gustave Regis comes next to 

 BotrcHB. It is best in spring and is catalogued, "wax yellow at 

 base of petals, cream in centre"; a single rose with fine bud form, 

 giving over fifty blooms during the season. 



The new rose, Peace, is a smaller grower, besides being a small 

 rose; but it gives a wonderful September bloom and totals eighty- 

 five flowers during the season; its form and substance are fair; it 

 has a total of forty-four petals; the bud is yellow, opening lighter, 

 sometimes with light pink markings. 



Among the pinlcs, the well-known hot-house rose, Columbia, 

 stands out and shows distinct merit; it averages thirty blooms in its 

 second season, and is a good cutting rose of wonderful form and 

 fine fragrance. 



Two varieties in the red section should have special mention. 

 Red Reliance closely approaches its parent ("Radiance," see page 

 50) and is strong and hardy, a good rose for all purposes. 



Bloomfield Progress is a strong red, of good growth, with the 

 color of MacArthur, but holding its centre better and giving a larger 

 flower in hot weather; tested since 1914; of fau* form with good 



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