OLD-FASHIONED ROSES 73 



Reve d'Or, which carry us through an unrivaled scale of color 

 magnificence. Many of the old southern gardens show these 

 Roses of a century old, kissing the topmost leaves of the tallest 

 trees or screening the porches up to the third and fourth stories. 

 Their prodigal wealth of blossom must be seen to be appreciated. 



Frau Karl Druschki, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, and the 

 Bride are the handsomest of the white bush Roses. Of the pink, 

 none are better than the blush Malmaison, the silvery pink Duchesse 

 de Brabant, the pink Devoniensis, and Bridesmaid. Etoile de 

 Lyon, Francesca Kruger, and Blumenschmidt, give us the yellow 

 and saffron tones of our color scale, while Agrippina, Archduke 

 Charles, and Papa Gontier give us the deeper tones of red. 



For the fragrance of the attar of roses — and what is a Rose 

 garden without its sweetness ? — no garden should be without 

 La France (even though it is a weak grower). General Jacqueminot 

 (which blooms only once a year) and Paul Neyron. 



The Rugosas, Rosa alba, and R. rubra, are usually classed 

 among the broad-leaved evergreens for landscape effects in this 

 section, but they are not evergreen. They grow best in a par- 

 tially shaded situation and do fairly well in the shrubbery border. 

 But they are never as attractive here as they are in the gardens 

 of the East. 



If space is limited and only a few Roses can be planted, choose 

 one or two of the Hybrid Teas that are really everblooming, and 

 plant them in masses or hedge effect. So many amateurs make 

 the grave mistake of trying to see how many different kinds of 

 Roses they can have, while the result is far more satisfactory, 

 both in the garden and for cutting, if many plants of a few varie- 

 ties are chosen. I remember one hedge of Bridesmaid Roses 

 which divides two small city lawns in a nearby town. The Roses 

 of that border are blossoming almost all the time and I am always 

 so grateful for the good taste which chose them to be all of the 

 same color and kind. Specialize on quality of bloom, if specialize 

 you must, and not on number of different kinds, and joy will not 

 only be your portion but also the portion of your friends, the 

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