MISCELLANEOUS OUTDOOR ROSES 



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scented flowers appear all 

 Summer, surrounded by 

 dark-green, glossy foliage 

 hardly ever spoiled by in- 

 sects and, toward Fall, 

 when loaded with large 

 reddish seed pods, they are 

 still more attractive. 



Don't be too severe in 

 pruning them when they 

 are once well established; 

 each Spring simply thin out 

 the old wood and small 

 growth and just keep the 

 plants in shape. 



Among the hybrids 

 one of the most beautiful 

 is Conrad Ferdinand 

 Meyer, a charming semi- 

 double silver, as hardy as 

 an Oak. Blanc Double de 

 Coubert is a splendid 

 double white. 



Fig. 262. ROSA RUGOSA. All the rugosas, 

 both single and double, deserve a place in the 

 home grounds. Often they will do nicely where 

 hybrid Perpetuals and Teas fail. They have 

 not only sweet-scented flowers and beautiful 

 foliage, but also, with their red fruit, are attrac- 

 tive long after frost kills the leaves 



THE HERMOSA ROSE 



With the introduction of the many hybrid Teas so showy for 

 outdoor planting, this Tea Rose is but little grown today. Years 

 ago it was used by tens of thousands for outdoor planting when, 

 because of its free flowering qualities, it was best known as the 

 "Monthly Rose." We also grew it on in pots or as potted up field- 

 grown stock during the Winter months to come in flower in early 

 Spring as well as for Memorial Day. 



Even with all the other good Roses, you can still recommend 

 Hermosa as an excellent garden sort, producing without letup its 

 rose-pink flowers and buds on slender stems, 'way into November. 



Moss ROSES 



There are some who think there is nothing sweeter than these 

 Roses with their buds in a mossy setting, and really they belong 

 in every collection. If you order Roses from your nurseryman 

 to meet your demand in Spring, include a few Moss Roses and you 

 will not only find sale for them but also please some of your cus- 



