ROSE GROWING IN OREGON. 179 



as they are easily killed to the ground by freezing weather, most peo- 

 ple prefer to grow the hardier climbers. That beautiful Banksia rose. 

 Fortune's Double Yellow, does well in Oregon. Its bronze or coppery 

 yellow roses always excite the greatest admiration. This rose is some- 

 times miscalled the "Beauty of Glazenwood," and is known in parts of 

 California as the "San Eafael Rose." 



The Banksia roses have a hard time with their names. There are 

 a number of varieties, mostly white or yellow. They have been culti- 

 vated in China for many centuries. The first variety introduced in 

 Europe was named "Lady Banks" in honor of that lady. The botan- 

 ical name in Latin is Rosa Banksia. The whole family is therefore 

 called "Banksia" roses, or sometimes "Lady Banks" roses. In many 

 parts of the country they are ignorantly known as "Lady Banksia" 

 roses. This is as bad as calling a calla a "calla lily." 



Gloire de Margottin is not a rampant climber, but it grows well, 

 and is hardy. In my garden it has taken the place of Reine Marie 

 Henriette. Its beautiful scarlet roses grow of large size and in clus- 

 ters, and make a fine contrast with the light-colored climbers. 



TEA ROSES. 



Almost all the tea roses do well in Oregon. Most of the bushes 

 grow strong and thrifty, and their flowers are dainty and beautiful, 

 as becomes this gentle family. Most teas are not harmed by freezing 

 weather in Oregon. There are so many exquisite varieties that I have 

 not time to enumerate them. They include all colors and shades 

 known to roses. Unfortunately, some of the finest tea r'oses, of which 

 Bridesmaid is one, do not reach perfection anywhere in the open, but 

 are most beautiful when blooming under glass. Beware of the tea 

 rose catalogued as forcing well, unless there is added that it blooms well 

 in the garden. Every rose-grower in Oregon has tea roses in his collec- 

 tion, but the hybrid teas and hybrid remontant roses are so superb in 

 Oregon that many people with limited garden space prefer them to the 

 teas, excepting, of course, some of the finest varieties. 



HYBRID TEA ROSES. 



I have a small hedge of Viscountess Folkestone. Its thirty bushes 

 make one almost bow in adoration to its wondrous beauty in its first 

 blooming season. These roses often exceed seven inches in diameter. 

 The Viscountess Folkestone bush is rather a dwarf grower. It has 

 never been widely advertised. It is not a favorite with the florist, as it 

 is not a hothouse variety. For beauty and size I place it at the head 

 of hybrid teas. Its delicate colors are difficult to describe. A friend 

 of mine, who is a rose-lover but not a rose-grower, describes a Vis- 



