CHAPTER IV 



POMPON ROSES 



Some mention was made in the chapter on New 

 Garden Roses of the confusion arising from the use 

 of the name polyantha for the free rambhng kinds, 

 and also for some of the dwarfest growing Roses 

 that we have. The word "dwarf" in Rose language 

 has already been rather erroneously assigned to Roses 

 of bush form to distinguish them from standards, 

 whether the Rose in question will grow twenty feet 

 or only two, so that the name Dwarf Roses would 

 be confusing. Sometimes they are called Miniature 

 Roses, but Pompon is the better name. It is a French 

 word denoting any kind of upholstered ornament of 

 a roundish, tufted form. The name has been ex- 

 cellently applied to the small bloomed Chrysanthe- 

 mums, whose flowers are about an inch across, and 

 that look like close tufts of petals. Just what Pompon 

 Chrysanthemums are to the other kinds, so are the 

 Pompon Roses to their larger fellows. The most 

 important of them are the small kinds of partly 

 polyantlia or multiflora extraction, with the close, 

 bushy, low-growing habit and clustered flowers. 



They are charming plants for any small spaces. 

 They are commonly used as edgings to beds of 

 larger Roses, but it is doubtful whether they are 



