STANDARD ROSES 



FOR general garden decoration standard Roses cannot 

 be compared with the bush form. Still, they un- 

 doubtedly have their place, and in their place possess a 

 peculiar and very real charm. They are not, as a class, 

 so popular as formerly, largely owing to the fact that 

 the varieties grown as standards are by no means always 

 those most suitable for this form. Roses differ much 

 in their growth and constitution, and different varieties 

 have such various habits that a good deal of judgment 

 is called for in selecting suitable kinds to grow as 

 standards. Roses which look the best as cut blooms in 

 exhibitions are far from being the most suitable to 

 produce a fine effect in a garden. There are plenty of 

 suitable varieties in every class : hybrid Perpetuals, 

 hybrid Teas, and Teas, but also many of the Ramblers, 

 such as the Crimson Rambler, and such vigorous Roses 

 as the Ayrshires, make fine standards of considerable 

 decorative value. 



The technical definition of a " standard" Rose is one 

 having a clear stem of three feet or over, without lateral 

 branches within this length. Standards are effective in 

 certain schemes of garden decoration, but require more 

 attention than the bush kinds and are less hardy. A new 

 fashion has recently become popular, the weeping 

 standard, in which the top growths trail and hang from 

 the top of the slender stem ; giving at times a very 

 beautiful effect. Many of the newer Roses, especially 

 the Wichuraiana class, are perfectly suited to this form, 

 and in growing them the first care must be the selection 



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