APPENDIX D 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



"The rose yields her siveet blandishment.'* 



— William Habixgton 



IT IS doubtful if anyone will have come thus far in this 

 little book who is not, with the author, a real seeker after 

 truth. Just as the story of man becomes doubly interesting 

 as we trace back his development from the earlier types of 

 man, so with the rose. A present-day Radiance or Rayon d'Or 

 is a vastly more fascinating object of attention when one can 

 go to another corner of the garden and point out to visitors the 

 true progenitor of that race. Let us study what has been done 

 by the guiding hand of man. Family charts are a useful aid in 

 pointing out relationships. A diagram may be more illuminating 

 than many pages of description. Therefore, as an introduction 

 to the various best-known classes, pause a moment to survey 

 this analysis of species on the following two pages. "^ This the 

 author conceives to be a most helpful outline of the many, many 

 families that make up this interesting race of flowers. 



In this book there has not been room to describe the rose 

 species. We would, however, call special attention to certain 

 "types" which we have starred in the following list. Their place 

 is not in a bed with the Teas or Hybrid Teas. Consider for 

 example, Hugonis, that recent acquisition from China. In 

 three seasons it will be 4 to 5 feet high and in bloom two weeks 

 earlier than the early-blooming Harison's Yellow. And so with 

 others: they are unique, hardy, vigorous. They need only to 

 be fittingly placed to give to the garden a charm and distinction 

 quite above the ordinary. 



*The following two pages are published here with permission and by courtesy 

 of Longmans, Green & Co., New York, from their book, "Roses: Their History, 

 Development, and Cultivation," by Rev. J. H. Pemberton (see page 105). 



The reader will note how far removed from the original species are both the 

 Tea and Hybrid Tea families, whereas from many species there has been almost 

 no development at all. 



Equivalents of our common names to some of those on the next pages: 



Champney Noisettiana Moss Muscosa 



Cherokee Laevigata Musk Moschata 



Dog Canina Prairie Setigera 



Eglantine Rubiginosa Scotch Spinosissima 



Memorial Wichuraiana Sweetbriar .... Rubiginosa 



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