ROSE 



found amon^ \ nundred ^aiieties aud this is particu 



liih the cise in places visited b> heavj frosts Ldu 



lette iemiinm„' unscathed while all others are raoie 



or less bUsted The great Rose of the eastern United 



States, American Beautj , is almost 



a complete failure here and is not 



i\orth growing except in a very 



few will favored gardens, and // 



e\en tUeie it is far from being 



perfect 



ROSE 1571 



wmtei and spring La Fi inte foi nian\ ^ears was the 

 leading Rose in California and grew \\ell budded or on 

 its own roots, in almost anv localitj , but is now iipidly 

 becoming a thing of the past, though it can never be 

 wholly discarded, for it is still in a few gardens, the 

 queen of the family Its involuntary retiiement from 

 Rose gardens is due entirelj to a ' die back (an- 

 thracnose), which affects manj other plants than the 

 Rose, but seems to have a special liking for La France. 

 Thus far no cure has been found. 



Meteor, 



stock is budded on Manetti or Maiden's Blush, though 

 the Dog Rose (Bosa canina) and even the Banksia 

 are often used. Those Roses grown on their own roots 

 are usually propagated from hardwood cuttings, grown 

 out of doors, and December is usually the best month, 

 though the writer has successfully rooted them from 

 October to March, according to tlie variety. 



Rust bothers us but little; likewise scale, though in 

 many neglected ganlnis tin- imsli and climbers alike 

 may be found coven .1 wiili Imth tin- rose scale and the red 

 scale of the orange. Fullii's r..se beetle is a nuisance 

 only in small areas, but greeu aphis is quite a pest in 



Below will be found a list of the best dozen bush 

 and half dozen climbing Roses for southern Cali- 

 fornia compiled from lists furnished the writer by 

 the best SIX nurserMuen and growers in Los Angeles. 

 An increasing demand for Maman Cochet is quite 

 marked, and the few White Miman Cochet yet grown 

 here seems to mark it as the coming white Rose for this 



The following lists place the varieties in the order of 

 their desirability for either florist or fancier, when 

 grown out of doors : 



BH.s-7i ifoses.— Marie Van H..,iii.. .M:Hl.-iii- l.ambard, 

 Maman Cochet, Papa Gontier. 1 



toria, Laurette, The Bride, Cath. ■ ,'v Mi 



Perle des Jardius, Caroline Tesinui , In-. > mv 



(7?;m6ers. — Lamarque, Mareeliiil .\iel, ('liiiiini 

 venir de Wootton, Bsve d' Or, Reine Marie Henriette, 

 Gloire de Dijon. This list will be found to be the best 

 for Los Angeles and vicinity in general. The intelli- 

 gent nurseryman or careful purchaser should be able 

 to make the slight changes required by peculiar condi- 

 tions. 



To Mr. Frank Huston, nurseryman of Los Angeles, 

 the writer is indebted for many valuable points con- 

 tained in this article; also to Mr. Wm. S. Lyon, whose 

 little booklet, "Gardening in California," contains the 

 best practical treatise on Rose-growing ever published 

 on this coast. Ernest Braunton. 



