46 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



and benefit that this lovely flower affords, we will 

 want to know all that we possibly can about it; 

 its characteristics and its habits, its needs and 

 requirements, and it is the aim of the author, in 

 the next few chapters, to supply this need by 

 answering those questions about the Rose that are 

 ever and continually coming to his desk. 



First, fet us consider the class that is probably 

 the most sought after, and most popular of all the 

 Roses, HYBRID TEAS, also widely known as 

 "Monthly Roses." These Roses do not bloom 

 monthly, strictly speaking, but commence bloom- 

 ing in the month of June, and continue intermit- 

 tently until checked by late frosts in late Fall or 

 early Winter. Sometimes, in sheltered spots, these 

 Roses will still be in bloom in early December, in 

 this latitude. 



Next in popular favor are the HYBRID PER- 

 PETUALS or June Roses. Growing much heav- 

 ier and sturdier than the Hybrid Teas, the bloom- 

 ing period for these Roses is during the month of 

 June, at which time the large heavy plants are 

 "almost smothered" with a great wealth of gor- 

 geous bloom. Especially desirable are these Roses 

 for planting en masse, or as a background for 

 plantings of the Hybrid Teas and the Polyanthas 

 or Baby Ramblers. 



The POLYANTHAS bloom through a long 

 season, bearing clusters of Roses much like those 



