THE PREMIUM PLANTS AND BOOKS 



E7^ VERY subscriber sending $i.oo mem- 

 J bership for 1904 will receive: (i) 

 The Canadian Horticulturist for 1904; (2) 

 The Annual Report of the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association ; (3) The Annual Re- 

 port of the Entomological Society; (4) The 

 Annual Report of the Fruit Stations ; (5) 

 A choice between the Dorothy Perkins Rose 

 and the X X X X Gladiolus. 



(i) The Dqrothy Perkins, a new pedi- 

 greed climbing rose. We give the origi- 

 nator's account and description : 



Parentage : This rose was originated from 

 seed of the Japan variety, Rosa Wichuraiana, 

 hybridized with pollen from that grand old rose, 

 Mme. Gabriel Luizet. The seed plant was 

 chosen for its hardiness and vigorous habit of 

 growth, the pollen parent for its beautiful color 

 and remarkable freedom of bloom. The quali- 

 ties of both are combined to a remarkable de- 

 gree in the hybrid, which was one of a lot of 

 two hundred seedlings hybridized in the same 

 manner. While many of the others were of 

 great merit, the Dorothy Perkins was the best 

 of them all. 



Hardiness. In this important point nothing 

 more could be desired. Two unusually severe 

 winters failed to injure the plants in the least, 

 although during one of them the temperature 

 went as low as 20 degrees below zero and there 

 was not the usual snowfall to protect them. 



The Flowers are of large size for this class of 

 rose, usually about one and one-half inches 

 across; are borne in clusters of from ten to 

 thirty and are very double; the petals are very 

 prettily rolled back and crinkled; the buds are 

 remarkably pretty, being pointed in shape and 

 of just the right size for the button hole. 



The Color is a most beautiful clear shell-pink 

 and holds a long time without fading. Even 

 when the flowers commence to fade the color is 

 still pleasing, being then a lovely deep rose. 



In Vigor the Dorothy Perkins is a true de- 

 scendant of Rosa Wichuriana, making in a sin- 

 gle season strong, lusty shoots, often of ten to 

 twelve feet in height. 



In Habit of Growth it is. unlike its seed par- 

 ent, decidedly upright, having, as stated by Mr. 

 "Wm. Scott, Assistant Superintendent of Horti- 

 culture at the Pan-American, exactly the habit 

 of the now well-known Crimson Rambler. It 

 is therefore especially adapted for planting as 

 a companion rose to Crimson Rambler. 



Fragrance. The flowers are very sweetly 

 scented, a characteristic not possessed by most 

 other roses of this class. 



The Foliage is of a deep green, of thick leath^ 

 ery texture, and remains on the plant in perfect 



Fig. 2744. Dorothy Perkins Rose. 



condition till well on into the winter, making it 

 almost an evergreen variety. 



At the Pan-American Exposition there was a 

 bed of Dorothy Perkins roses which attracted 

 an immense amount of attention, although the 

 plants w.ere young stock which had- been propa- 

 gated only some eighteen months before. Mr. 

 Wm. Scott, Assistant Superintendent of Horti- 

 culture expressed in the Florists' Review the 

 following unsolicited opinion regarding the va- 

 riety : 



" Messrs. sent us last year some 



plants of their new Rambler rose, Dorothy Per- 

 kins. This has exactly the habit of the well- 

 known Crimson Rambler. They have flowered 

 splendidly and have been very brilliant. This 

 seems to me to be a great acquisition, and I be- 

 lieve it to be a gooa forcing rose. The indi- 

 vidual flower is larger than the Crimson Ramb- 

 ler with not such heavy trusses, but it is a 

 beautiful shell-pink in color." Later on Mr. 

 Scott wrote : " The Dorothy Perkins proved to 

 be just as good a forcing rose as the well-known 

 Crimson Rambler. Had the plants been grown 

 on my own grounds and potted without delay 

 they would possibly have been still better. As 

 it was they forced well and flowered profusely." 



From Gardening Illustrated (London) ; " A 

 beautiful New Rambler Rose. We now and 

 then get a very good novelty in the way of roses 

 from the United States. Dorothy Perkins is 

 the latest comer. The charming little double 



