ROSE 



found among a mmdred varieties, and this is particu- 

 larly the case in places visited by heavy frosts Lau- 



rette remaining unscathed, while all others are' more 



or less blasted. The great Rose of the eastern United 



estates, American Beauty, is almost 



a complete failure hero and is not 



worth growing except in a very 



few, well-favored gardens, and 



even there it is far from being 



perfect. 



Many Roses, too, are of little 



value here unless budded or 



grafted. Of this class Marechal 



Niel is the most striking example. 



Instances may be found when- this 



Rose has thrived unusually on its 



own roots, but such cases are 



marked exceptions. Some few peo 



pie maintain that all Roses are 

 best on their own roots, but such 

 opinions are easily refuted by con- 

 sulting any of our veteran 

 rosarians. The undersigned 

 does not advise the purchase 

 of any such stock, no matter 

 how much is claimed for it, 

 or how widely advertised it 

 may be. The best Roses he 

 has ever seen were root- 

 grafted, but of course this 

 procedure is too expensive 

 for the general nurseryman, 

 and the bulk of our local 



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our Rose ganl,.,,- is due , , lt ir,lv t <7a < Me aok (an 

 thracnose), which affects many other plants than the 



2184. Full-blown flower of Madame 



Georges Bruant Rose. Natural size. 



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

 the Dog Rose (Rosa 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 the variety. 



Rust bothers us but little; likewise scale, though in 

 many neglected gardens the bush and climbers alike 

 may be found covered with both the rose scale and the red 

 scale of (,he orange. Fuller's rose beetle is a nuisance 

 only in small areas, but green 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 nurserymen and growers in Los Angeles. 

 An increasing demand for Maman Cochet is quite 

 marked, and the few White Maman Cochet yet grown 

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

 section. 



The following lists place the varieties in the order of 

 their desirability for either florist or fancier, when 

 grown out of doors : 



Bush Hoses. Marie Van Houtte, Madame Lain bard, 

 Maman Cochet, Papa Gontier, Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

 toria, Laurette, The Bride, Catherine Mermet, Meteor, 

 Perle des Jardins, Caroline Testout, Elise Sauvage. 



Climbers. Lamarque, Marechal Niel, Climbing Sou- 

 venir de Wootton, R'we 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 point* con- 

 tained in this article; also to Mr. Win. S. Lyon, whos 

 little booklet, "Gardening in California," contains the 

 best practical treatise on Rose-growing ever published 

 on this coast. ERNEST BRACNTON. 



