THE FAMILY ROSA 107 



Analysis of Species 



It is doubtful if anyone will have come thus far in this 

 little book, who is not, with the author, a real seeker ajter 

 truth. Just as the story of man becomes doubly interesting 

 as we trace back his development from the earlier types of 

 man, so with the rose. A present-day Radiance or Rayon 

 d'Or is a vastly more fascinating object of attention when 

 one can go to another corner of the garden and point out to 

 visitors the true progenitor of that race. Hybridizing deserves 

 a complete chapter of its own. Right here let us study what 

 has been done by the guiding hand of man. Family charts are 

 a useful aid in pointing out relationships. A diagram may be 

 more illuminating than many pages of description. There- 

 fore, as an introduction to the various best-known classes, 

 pause a moment to survey* this analysis of species on the 

 two following pages. This the author conceives to be a most 

 helpful outline of the many, many families that make up 

 this interesting race of flowers. 



In this book there has not been room to describe the rose 

 species. We would, however, call special attention to cer- 

 tain "types" which we have starred in the following list. 

 Their place is not in a bed with the Teas or Hybrid Teas. 

 Consider for example, Hugonis that recent acquisition from 

 China. In three seasons it will be 4 to 5 feet high and 

 in bloom two weeks earlier than the early-blooming Harison's 

 Yellow. And so with others: they are unique, hardy, 

 vigorous. They need only to be fittingly placed to give to 

 the garden a charm and distinction quite above the ordinary. 



*The following two pages are published here with permission and by 

 courtesy of Longmans, Green & Co., New York., from their book, "Roses: 

 Their History, Development, and Cultivation," by Rev. J. H. Pemberton 

 (see page 105). 



The reader will note how far removed from the original species are both 

 the Tea and Hybrid Tea families, whereas, from many species there has 

 been almost no development at all. 



Equivalents of our common names to some of those on next pages: 

 Champney . . . Noisettiana Moss Muscosa 



Cherokee 



Eglantine 

 Memorial 



. Laevigata Musk Moschata 



. Canina Prairie Setigera 



. Rubiginosa Scotch Spinpsissima 



. Wichuraiana Sweetbriar .... Rubiginosa 



