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ROSE 



leaflets and single flowers of a coppery yeUow color. It 

 is so hardy that it can brave the most rigorous climate 

 where man tills the soil. Persian Yellow, Hariaonii 

 and Copper are the most valuable varieties. They 

 should be pruned sparingly. 



Hybrid Climbing Roses. These are especially useful 

 as pillar Roses. The most valuable are Climbing Jules 

 Margottin (See Fig. 2179, page 15G7) and Glory of Ches- 

 hunt. 



The Prairie Rose {Bona netifjcra) is the hardiest of 

 climbers. This qualify, witli fhf rai>iclity and vigor of 

 growth, has givi-n tin in a wi.lir i...|.iilarity than any 

 other climher.-i. 'rin- i i.in ol thi I'nui ir is the only fra- 

 grant Pra.rio H.isr. |;,,ltiri,..i . I'm II. i litr. 2154) is the 



ties an': i,ii!- -i '■ !'■ :>■■ . ■: ' M. ri' ■■<<•'! TriuiM- 



loses: Bourbon Rose {Rnsn Boin-bon- 



ip for the most part is composed of au- 



■s. Tlipy are popular as garden Roses. 



Ill . I bloomer. Appoline is the most 



I ii.ody and Malmaison are also dc- 



I'll moderate growers of this group 



Another prarl ire is to Im 

 high on Ijner stocks i 

 grow them as standards, 

 Americans prefer 

 the free-growing bush, 

 blooming from near 

 the ground (Fig. 21 74). 

 Edjr-.n-d M. Mir.LS. 

 Another View o! Gar- 

 den Rose - Growing. 

 Roses iii,-iv 111' sni'c-i ss- 

 fuUy Kn.un in aiiv si.il 

 that will pniilii.T lair 

 crops (it i;r,-iiii, Mi,'ila- 

 bles or grass. Certainly 

 the best results will be 

 obtained in the 

 favorable soils and 

 nations, but every 

 who loves a Rose ana 

 possesses a few feet of 

 ground with plenty of 



own Rose garden and 

 find pleasure and health 

 in cultivating the queen 

 of fl 



labor, Kvrn tin- rilv ivsiilinl . whnsr 



house has been erected on tbi: site ol' 

 an exliausted bricli-yard, can at a 

 small expen,se secure sufficient good 

 soil from the outskirts and manure 



ROSE 



from the adjacent stables to make a Rose garden that 

 will grow as good plants and flowers as those of his 

 more favored friends who have acres at their disposal, 

 provided alwavs that the sunlight can reach the beds 

 for at least half of the day. 



The on-iiaralioii of the ground is the first st.p of 



V :ii ■ . provision must be made for 



til' 1: : _. ' , , I xcept in very extreme cases, 



111. 11 ' I.I'M ni.iiiioncd will be found amply 



I. 'I'bf coiii|M.sition of the soil should depend 

 lass of Roses to be grown, for the Hybrid 

 I. ' i lilts do best in a heavy soil containing clay, 

 Willi. I h.isH having Tea blood prefer a lighter, warmer 



The beds may be made of any desired shape, but a 

 width of 4 ft. will usually be found the most satis- 

 factory, as a double row can be planted at intervals of 

 ■_".. ft , "hi'-d "ill 1..- all that is necessary for the 

 stt".i:' ' .,, • ', I' '.tics, and the blooms <-!iii be 

 uMi ' I III 1 1 bout the necessity of tramp- 



ized by itlautiiig 



The plants will then be 1 ft. from the edge and 30 in. 

 apart, and each plant will be fully exposed to the light 

 and air and will not interfere with its neighbors. 



In preparing a bed on a lawn, the 

 sod and soil should first be entirely re- 

 moved and placed apart; then the best 

 of the subsoil may be taken out and 

 placed on the other side of the trench, 

 :ind. lastly, the portion to be discarded, 

 milking in all a depth of at least 2 

 feet. The floor is then loosened to 

 the full depth of a pick-liend, 

 the good subsoil replaced nttd 

 ~!' — mixed with a generous dress- 

 ingof well-de<'omjir»scd 



table 



the surface soil ami 

 sod well broken up and 

 also thoroughly en- 

 riched with manure, 

 and the bed filled to 

 tho level of the ad- 

 joining surface with 

 enough good soil added 

 to replace the dis- 

 carded earth. Wlien 

 the lied has settled the 

 suiface should l>e at 

 leist one inch below 

 til It of the adjoining 

 s 1 m order that all 

 111 rainfall be re- 

 I iiKd The writer be- 

 any 



d the plants suffer 



2m. Marcchal Niel Rose (X H). 

 e of the most popular of the Noisettes. 



tor want of moistu 



If the bed is intended for the hardy 



Hybrid Perpetual or Remontant class, 



it" should contain a fair proportion of 



clay well mixed with the soil. A suf- 



always present in 



a heavy loam. If 



