ROSE 397 



Varieties of roses. 



The selection of kinds should be made in reference to the locality 

 and purpose for which the roses are wanted. For bedding roses, those 

 that are of free-blooming habit, even though the individual flowers 

 are not large, are the ones that should be chosen. For permanent 

 beds, the so-called hybrid perpetual or remontant roses, blooming prin- 

 cipally in June, will be found to be hardy at the North. But if one 

 can give them proper protection during the winter, then the Bengal, 

 tea, bourbon, and hybrid teas or everblooming roses, may be selected. 



In sections where the temperature does not fall below 20° above 

 zero, any of the monthly roses will live without protection. At 

 the South the remontants and other deciduous roses do not do as well 

 as farther North. The tender climbers — Noisettes, climbing teas, 

 bengals, and others — are excellent for pillars, arbors, and verandas 

 at the South, but are fit only for the conservatory in those parts of 

 the country where there is severe freezing. For the open air at the 

 North we have to depend for climbing roses mainly on the prairie 

 chmbers, and the ramblers (polyanthas), with their recent pink and 

 white varieties. The trailing Rosa Wichuraiana is also a useful addi- 

 tion as an excellent hardy rose for banks. 



For the northern states a choice small list is as follows: hybrid 

 perpetuals, Mrs. John Laing, Wilder, Ulrich Bruner, Frau Karl 

 Druschki, Paul Neyron ; dwarf polyanthas, Clothilde Soupert, Madame 

 Herbert Levavasseur (Baby Rambler), Mile. Cecile Bruner; hybrid teas, 

 Grus an Teplitz, La France, Caroline Testout, Kaiserin Victoria, Kil- 

 larney; teas. Pink Maman Cochet, White Maman Cochet. 



The following classified lists embrace some of the varieties of recog- 

 nized merit for various purposes. There are many others, but it is 

 desirable to limit the list to a few good kinds. The intending planter 

 should consult recent catalogues. 



Free-blooming monthly roses for bedding. — These are recommended 

 not for the individual beauty of the flower — although some are very 

 fine — but because of their suitability for the purpose indicated. If 

 to be carried over winter in the open ground, they need to be protected 

 north of Washington. In beds, pegging down the branches will be 

 found desirable. Those starred (*) have proved hardy in southern 

 Indiana without protection, although they are more satisfactory with 



