CHAPTER IV 



UNIVERSAL FAVORITES AND SPECIAL-PURPOSE 

 VARIETIES 



"Of all flowers, methinks the rose is best." 



— Beaumont and Fletcher 



THE American Rose Society, through its regularly con- 

 stituted officers, in rose-time, 1922, sent out to every 

 member a questionnaire calling for a vote as to the ten 

 most popular bush, and the ten most popular climbing roses, 

 426 members responding. The answers were distributed as 

 follows : 



From the New England States 61 



Middle States 158 



Central States 89 



Western States 54 



Southern States 50 



Foreign Countries 14 



There follow the names of the twelve winning roses in each 

 class, together with the number of votes received by each: 



Bush Roses (all Hybrid Teas, except the second which is 



a Hybrid Perpetual): 



Ophelia 202 



Frau Karl Druschki 183 



Radiance 163 



Los Angeles 114 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 108 



Gruss an Teplitz 107 



Duchess of Wellington 103 



Mme. Edouard Herriott 82 



Kaiserin Auguste Victoria 75 



Columbia 74 



Killarney 74 



Sunburst 70 



In like manner the twelve winning Climbing Roses are also 



here arranged in order, with the most popular first, and a 



record of the number of votes received by each: 



Dr. W. Van Fleet 



Silver Moon 



American Pillar 



Dorothy Perkins 



Paul's Scarlet Climber . . . 

 Climbing American Beauty 



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