238 LUTHER BURBANK 



Moreover, these new mildew-proof ramblers 

 manifest, partly perhaps as an evidence of the 

 vitality that makes them immune to disease, a 

 capacity to produce enormous clusters of the 

 most beautiful flowers that approach the keep- 

 ing qualities of some of the everlastings. 



Some of them will last at least a month, on the 

 plant or when cut, showing thus a degree of per- 

 manency hitherto quite unheard of among roses. 



ORIGIN or THE ROBUST RAMBLERS 



There are a great number of varieties repre- 

 senting different crosses between the well- 

 known Crimson Rambler and such roses as the 

 Empress of India, Cherokee, Agrippina, Balti- 

 more Belle, Banksia, Bon Silene, Papa Goun- 

 tier, Cloth of Gold, Madame Edouard, Herriot, 

 General Jacqueminot, La France, Lamarque, 

 Marechal Niel, Cecille Bruner, Mrs. Robert 

 Peary, Paul Neyron, Persian Yellow, Rainbow, 

 Reine, Marie Henriette, Fortune's Yellow, 

 WicJiuriana, and some hundreds of others. 



The cross of Empress of India with Crimson 

 Rambler often have enormous stems, with deep- 

 red hairy branches; while the hybrids of other 

 crosses often have slender, smooth branches. 



But the hybrids themselves have been inter- 

 bred, and other strains that seem to give good 



