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found among a uundred varieties, and this is particu- 

 larly the case in places visited by heavy frosts, Lau- 

 rette remaining unscathed, whihi all others are more 

 or less blasted. The great Rose of the eastern United 

 States, American Beauty, is almost 

 a complete failure here and is not 

 worth growing except in a very 

 few, well - favored gardens, and 

 even there it is far from being 

 perfect. 



Many Roses, too, are of little 

 value here unless budded or 

 grafted. Of this class Marechal 

 Niel is the most striking example. 

 Instances may be found where this 

 Rose has thrived unusually on its 

 own roots, but such cases are 

 marked exceptions. Some few peo 

 pie maintain that all Roses are 

 best on their ov/n roots, but such 

 opinions are easily refuted by con- 

 sulting any of our veteran 

 rosarians. The undersigned 

 does not advise the purchase 

 of any such stock, no matter 

 how much is claimed for it, 

 or how widely advertised it 

 may be. The best Roses he 

 has ever seen were root- 

 grafted, but of course this 

 procedure ii too e\pensi\e 

 for the general nurseryman, 

 and th( bulk of our loc il 



winter and spring, na, France for many years was the 

 leading Rose in California and grew well, budded or on 

 its own roots, in almost any locality, but is now rapidly 

 becoming a thing of the past, though it can never be 

 wholly discarded, for it is still, in a few gardens, the 

 quc(n ot the tainilj Its nuoluntary ntinnuiit from 

 our Rose girdcns is due entirely to i du buk 

 thracnose), which iffccts many other pi uits th in tlu 

 Iios( , but seems to have i special liking for La Prance 

 Thus 1 11 no cure has been tound 



2184. Full-blown flower of Madame 



Georges Bruant Rose. Natural size 



stock is budded on Manetti or Maiden's Blush, though 

 the Dog Rose {Rosa canina) and even the Banksia 

 are often used. Those Roses grown on their own roots 

 are usually propagated from hardwood cuttings, grown 

 out of doors, and December is usually the best month, 

 though the writer has successfully rooted them from 

 October to March, according to the variety. 



Rust bothers us but little; likewise scale, though in 

 many neglected gardens the bush and climbers alike 

 may be found covered with both the rose scale and the red 

 scale of f,he orange. Fuller's rose beetle is a nuisance 

 only in small areas, but green aphis is quite a pest in 



Below will be found a list of the best dozen bush 

 and half dozen climbing Roses for southern Cali- 

 fornia, compiled from lists furnished the writer by 

 the best six nurserymen and growers in Los Angeles. 

 An increasing demand for Maman Cochet is quite 

 maiked, and the few White Maman Cochet yet grown 

 here seems to mark it as the coming white Rose for this 

 section. 



The following lists place the varieties in the order of 

 their desirability for either florist or fancier, when 

 grown out of doors : 



Bush Roses. — Marie Van Houtte, Madame Lambard, 

 Maman Cochet, Papa Gontier, Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

 toria, Laurette, The Bride, Catherine Mermet, Meteor, 

 Perle des Jardins, Caroline Testout, Elise Sauvage. 



CZi/w&e»-s. — Lamarque, Marechal Niel, Climbing Sou- 

 venir de Wootton, R^^ve d' Or, Reine Marie Henriette, 

 Gloire de Dijon. This list will be found to be the best 

 for Los Angeles and vicinity in general. The intelli- 

 gent nurseryman or careful purchaser should be able 

 to make the slight changes required by peculiar condi- 

 tions. 



To Mr. Frank Huston, nurseryman of Los Angeles, 

 the writer is indebted for many valuable points con- 

 tained in this article ; also to Mr. Wm. S. Lyon, whose 

 little booklet, "Gardening in California," contains the 

 best practical treatise on Rose-growing ever published 

 on this coast. Ernest Braunton. 



