A sample of Monarda in the breeding 

 block. 



of other flowers in mixed bouquets. 

 Plants of 'Granite Pink' were sold in 

 most all states of the United States in 

 1958. 



'Granite Purple' was introduced in 

 the summer of 1958. The flower color 

 is an official "Cyclamen Purple 30" 

 by the British Horticulture Color 

 Chart and the calyxes are green. The 

 leaves are pubescent and taper 

 straight-sided from a base half as 

 broad as the total leaf length. The 

 leaf margins have large single teeth 

 from the base to the tip and the 

 leaves are outstanding in their dis- 

 ease resistance and long life on the 



plant each season. The husky, square- 

 angled stems grow about four feet 

 tall and bear up to six large flowers 

 per stem. Good plants, two years old from cutting or divisions will be 

 four feet in diameter and in full bloom during the first two weeks in August. 



Modern hybrid Monardas (Bee Balms) contain genes from two native 

 North American wild flowers; the bright red Oswego Tea, M. didyma L., of 

 moist, shady woodlands and Wild Bergamot, M. fistulosa L., the lavender- 

 flowered species of dry, open fields. Until recently all garden hybrids have 

 been produced in England where seeds of our native species were sent as 

 early as 1744. 'Croftway Pink' was introduced from England during World 

 War II. 'Granite Pink' was produced at Dover. New Hampshire in 1953, 

 and 'Granite Purple' was raised in the same location a year later. 



Monardas with flowers of other colors are now being developed with 

 emphasis on plants having attractive, disease free leaves and good com- 

 pact growth habit. This hardy perennial is a minimum-maintainence plant 

 adaptable to most soil types. Wherever they are grown, the Bee Balms at- 

 tract bees, humming birds and the interesting humming-bird sphinx moths 

 in large numbers. 



Rambler Roses 



The canes of most varieties of rambler roses now available to home gardeners 

 will freeze and die back when the minimum temperature falls below -15°F 

 in the winter. It is, therefore, an exceptional winter in nearly all parts of 

 New Hampshire when unprotected rambler rose canes do not freeze and 

 die. Loss of flowers results the following summer. These canes may be pro- 

 tected by burying then under a foot of garden soil, however this is not 

 always possible and, at best, is not convenient. The objective of the breed- 

 ing program on rambler roses has been the development of canes which 

 would withstand temperatures as ?ow as -20° or -25°F. without injurv. 

 Among the seedlings raised, selection has been made also for disease re- 

 sistant leaves, vigorous growth, ease of propagation, and a tendency to 

 repeat blooming all summer long. 



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