98 THE GOLD MINE 



of this rose to float into popular favor. The White 

 Rambler and the Golden Rambler have been sold by 

 the thousand. With us they are utterly worthless, 

 killing to the ground in winter, and if with care you 

 nurse them over till spring they are very shy bloom- 

 ers, and they have been consigned to the brush pile in 

 disgust as frauds. 



The summer roses bloom in June and July. The best 

 of all is Harrison's yellow, which originated years ago 

 in Maryland. It is extremely hardy, an early and pro- 

 lific bloomer, and I have never known it to be injured 

 by any degree of heat or cold. It would probably be 

 hardy anywhere. The moss roses are very popular. 

 They are not quite as hardy. 



Then we have Madam Plantier, which is white, and 

 a very prolific bloomer. In fact, there is quite a fam- 

 ily of these June roses, which are hardier as a general 

 thing than the perpetuals. 



THE HYBRID OR PERPETUALS. 



These have been extensively planted in the West, and 

 people have been sorely disappointed with them, and 

 why ? In the East and in England they have a milder 

 climate. When the hot winds are raging, scorching 

 everything they touch, roses cannot bloom. I have 

 seen at Rochester, N^. Y., in AugTist, great fields of 

 roses in full bloom, where the same kinds planted in 

 ^Nebraska some dry seasons would not show a single 

 flower. If, however, the fall is moist there will be a 

 good many blooms. I will name a few of the most 



