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REPLIES TO ROSE QUERIES. 



Ever-blooming: Hardy Rose. 



J?e/>fy by T. H. Race, Mitchell. 



In reply to inquiries about roses on 

 page 331, except in the mind of the 

 nursery agent and the story he often- 

 times so persuasively tells, there is no 

 such thing as a really ever-blooming out- 

 door rose. After an experience of years 

 in testing nearly everything that has 

 been offered to the public, I have arrived 

 at the conclusion that the Gen. Jacque- 

 minot when properly treated will give 

 more " after-bloom " and continue it up 

 to a later season than any other so- 

 called ever-bloomer grown in this lati- 

 tude. Next to the Jacque comes the 

 Coquette des Blanches, in ever-blooming 

 qualities, offering a strong contrast in 

 colors, and there are a few among the 

 pink shades which under good treatment 

 will bloom more or. less throughout the 

 season. The semi-hardy varieties, such 

 as La France, Meteor, Ulrich Brunner, 

 etc., should do as well at Mount Forest 

 as here, for they need winter protection 

 anywhere, but they do not pay, and will 

 not at least give as much after-bloom as 

 the two varieties I have named. 



To answer the questions of " amateur 

 gardener " would require an. essay on 

 roses. What I have already said may 

 be taken as an answer to questions 2 

 and 5. If you have room for an essay 

 I could answer all the rest for this 

 climate at a future time. 



ed in getting the La France into proper 

 shape we fear, for a constant blooming 

 hardy rose there is nothing better in 

 existence than the La France and its 

 varieties. The La France is rarely ever 

 out of flower with us ; even as late as 

 October first, opening buds and flowers 

 are to be seen in profusion. It would 

 hardly repay the trouble to winter the 

 ever-blooming roses outside in the 

 vicinity of Mt. Forest. It would be 

 better to lift the plants after a few frosts 

 and winter them carefully in a suitable 

 cellar or good cold frame. 



Reply by Webster Bros. 

 Your correspondent has not succeed- 



Best Varieties. 



Answers to Budget of Questions , /. 331, 

 by Webster Bros., Hamilton. 



1. The best 20 hardy roses, La 

 France, Gustave Piganeau, Paul Neyron, 

 Augustine Cuinnoiseau, Margaret Dick- 

 son, Baroness Rothschild, Merveille de 

 Lyon, John Hopper, Mrs. John Laing, 

 Magna Ciiarta, Mme. G. Luizet, Capt. 

 Christy, Maurice Bernardin, Pierre Not- 

 ting, Marchioness of Dufferin, Alfred 

 Colomb, Baron de Bonstetten, Earl of 

 Duff"erin, Ulrich Brunner, Prince Camille 

 de Rohan. 



2. The 12 best hardy roses, Autumn 

 bloomers. Mme. C. Wood, La France, 

 Augustine Guinnoiseau, Louis Van 

 Houtte, Comptesse de Serennye, Abel 

 Grand, Alfred Colomb, Francoise Miche- 

 lon, Mdlle. A. Wood, Hippolyte Jamain, 

 La Reine, John Hopper. 



.3 The 12 best dark colored hardy 

 roses. Prince Camille de Rohan, Gus- 



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