HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES 505 



the equal of the Hybrid Teas in regard to free flowering ; but almost 

 all of the many sorts listed each one more beautiful than the other 

 are adapted for early Spring flowering under glass in pots. For 

 this purpose one should have heavy two-year-old field-grown plants, 

 which when lifted in early November should be potted up im- 

 mediately, placed in a coldframe and watered enough to keep them 

 moist at all times. To allow the soil to dry out or to permit the sun 

 to shine through the glass and warm up the frame will result in 

 dried-up brown wood by the time you want to start the plants. 

 By the first of February bring the plants into a 45-deg. house, cut 

 the strong canes back, allowing about four or five eyes of last year's 

 growth to remain, and remove all side growth. The plants should 

 have a daily spraying, for it will encourage growth or breaking. 

 Weather conditions have a great deal to do with the time the plants 

 will flower, but when once under way and placed in a 55-deg. house 

 they can be had in flower by early April, if wanted then. They can 

 be subjected to 60 deg., but you will obtain better results with 

 a lower temperature. For plants wanted in flower before April, 

 stock which has been grown in pots the previous Summer is best; 

 you won't get as heavy growth from it, but not having to disturb 

 the plants in Fall you lose less of them and it is as easy again to 

 force such plants. 



For indoor flowering, American Beauty, Paul Neyron, Mrs. 

 John Laing, George Arends, Ulrich Brunner and Baroness Roths- 

 child are just a few of the many desirable ones; for outdoor flowering, 

 all of them, with the exception perhaps of American Beauty, do 

 equally well, and so do Gapt. Christy, Prince Gamille de Rohan, 

 Magna Charta, Hugh Dickson, Glio, Frau Karl Druschki and Gen. 

 Jacqueminot. 



RAMBLER ROSES FOR FORGING 



As pot plants for early Spring use, the Rambler Roses are the 

 most important of them all. No other Rose, no matter how well 

 grown, can be compared with Tausendschoen, Dorothy Perkins or 

 the original Crimson Rambler (which came to us from Japan about 

 twenty-five years ago) when you see a specimen plant in full bloom 

 in an 8-in. or larger pot. Even as small plants in 5-in. pots they are 

 most showy and the florist who has the facilities makes no mistake 

 in growing on plants both for Easter and later flowering. Here as 

 with the other sorts, one-year-old field plants cut back well and 

 potted up in 5- or 6-in. pots during April, the pots plunged up to 

 their rims outdoors in a frame, and the plants grown that way dur- 

 ing the Summer months, make the best for early forcing. By the 

 middle of October lift the pots, stand them on top of the ground 

 and gradually withhold water ; this will help to harden off the canes. 

 Such plants by November are best handled by tying up the canes 



