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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



March, 191 1 



Climbing Roses 



William Hunt, 



AMON(J the newer climbing or ramb- 

 ler roses recently introduced there 

 are several that apear to be worthy 

 of a place among the older and better 

 known varieties, such as the Crimson 

 Rambler, Queen of the Prairies, Baltimore 

 Belle, and so forth. Indeed, it is question- 

 able if some of theseolder varieties will not 

 Ije altogether superseded by some of the 

 newer kinds, although the Crimson 

 Rambler will doubtless continue popular 

 on account of the profusion of its glowing 

 crimson flowers and its comparative 

 hardiness. The tenderness of the Balti- 

 more Belle, except in the southern parts 

 of the province, detracts from the value 

 of this otherwise beautiful rose that is so 

 well adapted for a pillar or climbing rose. 

 Among about twenty varieties tested 

 here during the past two years, there 







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or rose thrip than most varieties. The 

 Philadelphia Rambler also proved fairlv 

 hardy without protection. The flowers of 

 this variety are of a lighter and brighter 

 shade of crimson than the Crimson Ram- 

 bler. 



Another good rose is the Wm. C. 

 Egan (Fig. 2). It cannot be classed 

 strictly as a climber or rambler rose, its 

 habits of growth making it more suitable 

 for a pillar rose, as the growth seldom 

 exceeds five or six feet in height. The 

 foliage is very pretty and attractive. The 

 flowers are of a delicate flesh pink, almost 

 white, double and quite large, often near- 

 ly four inches in diameter, with a rich 

 rose perfume. The following varieties 

 did not prove as hardy as those before 

 named : American Pillar, Ards Rover, 

 The Farquhar, Carmine Pillar, *Mme. 

 Albert Carriere, Debutante, Glory of 

 VValtham, *Prof. C. Sargeant, Hiawatha, 

 *Madalina Scalarinus. The new rose 

 Tausendschon has not yet been sufficient- 

 ly tested to report on. 



The roses named had no protection 

 whatever during the three winters they 

 have been tested, the growth being left 

 upon the trellises. The varieties marked 

 with an asterisk were killed out entirely. 

 A test will be made of most of these varie- 

 ties with winter protection, when doubt- 

 less many of them will give better results. 



Hardy Climbiag Rote Qacea Aleundra — Fig. 1 



are only three or four varieties that have 

 proved to be really hardy. The "Queen 

 Alexandra," (Fig. i) has proved to be 

 one of the hardiest. It is a strong grow- 

 er, and a very profuse bloomer. Its huge 

 panicles of small pink, or pink and white, 

 single flowers, are very showy. The flow- 

 ers are a little stiff in texture, not quite as 

 dainty as the Dorothy Perkins. Its hardi- 

 ness and profuse flowering habit will, 

 however, ensure it a place among our best 

 climbing roses. The Dorothy Perkins, 

 while not quite as hardy as the rose in 

 question, is one of the daintiest and pret- 

 tiest climbers we have. 

 . Another useful and hardy climber is 

 the May Queen. It is very similar in 

 habit and growth to the old Setina rose, 

 known around Toronto some years ago as 

 Mansfield's Seedling. It is, however, 

 much more profuse in flowering than that 

 variety; the foliage is of a very bright 

 green, the leaves being large and dense. 

 The flowers are large, double and of a 

 bright rose pink- color, and have a delic- 

 ious rose perfume. The foliage is freer 

 from the attacks of the small white fly 



You can secure a choice climbing rose 

 bush free in return for sending one new 

 subscription to The Canadian Horticul- 

 turist. See the offer on the inside back 

 cover of this issue. 



The nasturtiums are the easiest an- 

 nuals that can be grown. They are 

 adapted to all kinds of situations and suit- 

 able for both foliage and flower effects. 

 Both the seeds and young plants are suf- 

 ficiently hardy so that planting can be 

 made early in the spring, as soon as the 

 soil can be properly prepared. 



An'Arlistic andj[E«sily Mide Rock'ry 



An Old Fashioned Rockery 



.\ rockerv such as is shown in the ar- 

 rompanying illustration is an addition to 

 any garden, however modern and orna- 

 mental it may be. It is very ea.sily made 

 and is a source of pleasure the whole 

 season. The child pictured in the for 

 ground is Miss Betty Howell, the youn^ 

 est member of the Gait, Ontario, Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



This rockery is composed of split bhu 

 granite boulders heaped up almost indis- 

 criminately. There is a hollow in the 

 centre which extends nearly to the ground. 

 This space is filled with earth which is 

 renewed with fresh soil every spring. In 

 the centre of this earth, a round stick i^ 

 driven which extends several feet abovr 

 the pile. A broomstick wmII answer for 

 this purpose very well. From the top 

 of the stick stout cords are run to the 

 outer edge of the earth surface, where 

 they are pegged down with little iron 

 rods with hooks on the upper ends. 



In the centre around the small pole 

 nasturtiums are planted. Around the out- 

 side where each string comes down morn- 

 ing glory seeds are sown and the plants 

 trained up these cords. In the inter- 

 stices between the pieces of rock art- 

 planted semjjervium tectorum, popularly 

 known as hen-and-chickens in old-fash- 

 ioned gardens of fifty years ago. The 

 whole has a very pleasing effect, for 

 when in bloom the nasturtium blossoms 

 peek out here and there amid the dense 

 mass of morning glory vines and flowers. 



Hardy Pillar Row Wm. C. Egan— Fig. 2 



If Cinerarias are troubled with thrips, 

 dust with insect powder, or tobacco dust, 

 or spra)' with oil, soap or tobacco spra\ . 

 One pound of whaleoil soap to six or 

 eight gallons of water will kill all that 

 it comes in contact with, but as it is im- 

 possible to kill them all with one appli- 

 cation, it will be necessary to spray 

 se\eral times before the thrips will be 

 all destroved. 



