;lier .-satisfactory, 

 use. The flowers 

 ' growth prostrate 

 intetl. The plant 



In makin 

 fully reraoA 

 of anthers 



when the fri 

 opens after 

 plan to pot 

 house in Ula: 

 the Hvlin.K, 



ROS.-S .-,11 li, 



Wli 



pla 



the ground. There is no 

 est hybrids of Wichuraiaua 



~ -r Ihr^,. hyln-ids, it is 



■'I.' liiL'lil\ r,,i,,n.l Roses 

 i"ii 11 w.Hil.l liavc Ijeen at 



M- writer lias always care- 



" lore there were any signs 



Imiugh the petals while in 



1,1. I'd over the fiowersboth 



I. t.i guard against insects. 



"I date on a small wooden 



i.r. Sometimes the yield 



..ne in a liip and many 



I . ^ .l..ulittiil of the cross 



tlower out of doors. All 

 iiiated in the greenhouse 

 lilts than in the open air. 

 fi-oiii l.iid weather there 



labors. A sli 



of less vigorous -r 



double flowers a 

 ttraiana crossed 

 duced one with r 



ilized by Bell. 

 1. a slight degr 

 ug and with stc 



Massachusetts Horticulturjil Society. IMi'.i; this l.ids 

 fair to be the forerunner of a tine race. It. l\',rlf u r,i mini 

 crossed with Trioraphe de Luxeml)..ui- . In I., rhina) 

 has given several di'<tini't f.irius, one with .ioiil.!.. r.,.-y 



purple flowers in i-lil-'.i-- ;n..| - r<i].ili:,^ hal.ll ; alMilli'l- 



is double, light pii. _ I. .,v. v, /,'. ir,./, 



(tramwrt crossed l.\ M ■ ; - '■■■: ■ ji\-.'ii a ^inul.--. •lus- 

 ter Rose similar t.. i :iriiiiM'- I ': i.,. r, an.l tl..' \\ ni.-r ha-. 

 many other crosses Ijeiwi-.'n /,■. W nlmraiau.i ami .lil'- 

 ferent Tea Roses and li. rr/nir-i nor, //,s/.s i will, ,l,,iil,le 

 and single flowers, ranging in ,',,l,,r lr,,iii uliiie t,, msy 

 pink and salmon; there are t,\v uf these s,.,.,lliiigs 

 which do not have some merit, and all etui pn,l,aldv 

 •,, SSI'S between B. ]Vir/,,iriiiu,ut', 

 ,.-,< and Belle Siebrecht will not 

 with varieties of i?. Iiidica bear 

 Is will now be made to cross those 

 with the Hybrid Perpetuals and 



De improve 

 Jaequemiii, 

 bear seeiN. 

 seeds freel\ 

 of satisfact 



Hybrid Teas. 



Several seedlings of crosses between Crimson Rambler 

 an,I Wi<-huraiana have reeeiitlv flowered. The result was 



warm greenhouse, the anthers can lie oiiened much 

 easier than it left longer on the plant. Moreover, there 

 is less risk of the pollen having been contaminated by 

 ™sects. Jackson Dawson. 



Propagation of Eoses.-The Rose is propagated by 

 seeds, cuttings, grafting or budiling, by layers and by 

 division. The genus is so large ami diversitied and our 

 requirements are so many that the whole art of the 

 propagator is needed to satisfy the claims of the Queen 

 of Flowers. 



Seeds. — Roses are grown from seeds not only to ob- 

 tain new varieties but also l»e,'ause many true species 

 are economically procure,! in tliis way, e. tr.. R. raiiiim . 

 B. multiflora. B. ft-rnnr i"" . //. nni„su . U. nihi.ii ,n,s,i . 

 etc. The seeds shonhl !,,■ uail,,r,,t in atitiitun tin, I ;,. 

 once stratitied with moist saii.i or aliowi.l to fernieni 

 in tubs, with a little water ami kept in a fairly warm 

 place. When well rotted they can be easily rubbed and 

 washed clean and should be planted at once, either in 

 carefully prepared and well-manured beds out of doors 

 or in pans or flats in a cool greenhouse. It is sometimes 

 a,lvi^,-,l that th,- hips should first be dried and then 

 nil,l„',| ,'h-aii, hut iliis 111. til. )d often causes delay in 

 i;. riiiiiiatioii. a iiiaitef sii llii-ii-ntly troublesome without 

 a,hliiional ,-om].li,Miioiis. Whether they are planted un- 

 der ghiss or in the garden it is diflicult to forecast their 

 coming up. It may be within a few weeks, e. g., B. 

 mniti flora under glass; or at the beginning of the sec- 

 ond growing season after planting, e. g., Sweetbrier 

 .seed, planted out of doors in November, 1898, may be 

 expected to germinate in the spring of 1900, while B. 

 rugosa sown at the same time may come up the follow- 

 ing spring, i. e., in 1899, or, a season intervening, it 

 will appear with the Sweetbrier in 1900. Stratifying or 

 ferm,iiiiiij il,. -. <N i, i.I- i., secure uniform germina- 

 tion M ! ' It has also been sug- 

 gest. I I I ,, lirin the idea, that early 



sible to tell the difference between the two cat 

 and the Rose. The habit is of Wichuraiana, i 

 foliage is more brilliant. The plant grows 5 tc 



litter. Frequent examinations should be made in spring 

 and the covering at once removed when the seedlings 

 appear; if they do not appear let the mulch remain to 

 keep down weeds and retain moisture in the seed-bed. 

 Pans or flats in which seed has been planted should be 

 kept at least 18 months before discarding, with the soil 

 always moist. Notwithstanding the difficulties of ger- 



