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THE YELLOW RAMBLER ROSE. 



Fio. 1110. — Yellow K.\.mi>.ler. 



H YELLOW climbing rose is 

 something that has always 

 been denied our northern 

 gardens, because of the sever- 

 ity of our winters and the tenderness of 

 all climbing roses having yellow color- 

 ing, for the combination of yellow color, 

 climbing habit and hardiness in a rose 

 was one which it seems impossible to 

 obtain, although the efforts .of many 

 hybridisers were directed to that end, 

 and repeated crosses were made in the 

 hope of securing it. 



Mr. Peter Lambert, the German rosa- 

 rian, is the man to whom the honor of 

 the greatest success belongs. In his 

 new rose, Yellow Rambler, we iiavc 

 yellow color, climbing habit and very 

 consideralile hardiness. It has with- 

 stood un] fotected and without injury a 



• 1 hi Hfticle was written by the intriKlueer. 



continued temperature of from zero to 

 two degrees below, and although it has 

 not yet been fully enough tested to 

 know positively about its capability for 

 undergoing still lower temperature, yet 

 there is no reason to think that it will 

 not also withstand a much greater degree 

 (if cold. In any event we need no 

 longer deny our northern gardens climb- 

 ing roses of that most attractive color of 

 all, yellow, for if given a very little pro- 

 tection in the winter, the Yellow Ram- 

 bler should do well anywhere that other 

 roses succeed. 



To those unfamiliar with such things, 

 it seems strange to talk of crossing 

 roses, or rather breeding them, which is 

 exactly what is attempted in hybridizing. 

 It is, or should be, gone at with a 

 definite end in view ; with a clear idea 

 of what qualities are wanted in the pro- 

 posed new rose, so that a judicious 

 choice of varieties for the parents can 

 be made, the same as one would do in 

 breeding horses or cattle. In produc 

 ing the Yellow Rambler, Mr. Lambert 

 selected for the mother the Japanese 

 Polyantha Sarmentosa, a wild rose that 

 is native to Japan, and which is a vigor- 

 ous climber as well as very hardy, both 

 of which qualities were especially wanted 

 in the hybrid. Flowers of this Polyan- 

 tha Sarmentosa were then fertilized with 

 pollen of a yellow rose called Reve d'Or, 

 which, on account of its having some- 

 what greater hardiness than most yellow 

 roses, was a suitable variety for the pur- 

 pose. The seed resulting from this 

 hybridizing was planted, and the Yellow 

 Rambler is the result. 



It all seems easy and simple enough 

 to read about, but where success is met 



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