AA. Smaller flowered. 



B. Foliage decidii 



c. ffabit climbi 



15. Musk 



Noisette 



16. Ayrshire 



17. Pohjantha 



Wichuraiana Hybrids 

 Habit dicarf,biishii. 18. Perpttual Briers 

 RuKosa 

 Luciila 

 Microphylla 

 Berberiiiitolia 

 Scotch 



Wichuraiana 



Gardeu-group 1. Provence. Fragrant: branching or 

 pendulous: lis. generally globular: foliage bold, broad, 

 wrinliled, deeply serrate: prickles uncertain; sometimes 

 fine and straight, sometimes coarse and hoolied. Rich 

 soil. Prune closely unless very vigorous. Types are 

 Moss Rose, a crested form of the Provence (Pig. 2157). 

 Pompon, a dwarf group; cupped flowers. See also No. 

 8. Sulphurea, an undesirable yellow form of diificult 

 cultivation. 



Garden-group 2. The Damask and French. Damasli 

 Roses are fragrant: growth robust; spinous: Ivs. light 

 green, downy, coriaceous. Hardy: free -flowering: 

 scent destroyed on drying. 



French Roses : Fragrant ( moderately ) : more upright 

 and compact in growth than the Provence: prickles 

 smaller and fewer: fls. generally flat. Very hardy, 

 growing in any soil; petals bleach in strong sunlight; 

 makes abundance of wood, wliicli should be thinned out; 

 perfume develops in the dried petals. 



Hybrid Frencli la- H>l.ricl I'n.veuce, a less robust 

 group with smootle T. ^Ihui j.nnted wood and gener- 

 ally light-colored ri..« ,is. 'Vy |„. Princess Clementine. 

 Other subdivisions in.lude hyl.rids with nearly all of 

 the Perpetual group. Madaiiio Plantier is a Hybrid 

 Noisette. Coupe d'Hebe is a Hybrid Boiirbon. 



Hybrid China (China x French and Provence, par- 

 taking more of tliose parents). Growth more diffuse 

 than the French Rose; foliage smooth, shining and 

 remains on the bush late in the year; thorns nu- 

 merous and strong. Vigorous of growth ; very hardy, 

 and generally well adapted to poor soil; requires but 

 little pruning. 



Garden-group 3. Alha, or White Bases. A very 

 distinct group; all light-colored flowers of moderate 



Garden-group 4. Ayrshire. Climbing Roses; very 

 hardy: slender shoots suitable for trellises and trunks 

 of trees : fls. produced singly. Useful for pot cultiva- 

 tion when trained over a frame; fls. vary from white to 



.^f^ ; ^^^^'^^ 



2168. American Beauty Rose (XM). 



Probably the most famous Rose now cultivated in America. 



One of tlie Hybrid Perpetual class. 



size: leaf whitish above, deep green below: spineless 

 (some hybrids with other groups are very thorny), of 

 free growth ; prune closely. Type, Felecite Parmentier 

 and Maiden's Blush. 



. popular 



5169. Paul Neyron (X K). 

 ?-eolored variety of the Hybrid Perpetual type. 



deep crimson. Type, Queen of the Belgians, Dundee 

 Rambler. Ruga is a hybrid between this group and one 

 of the Teas ; fragrant. 



Garden-group 5. Briers. Under this heading may be 

 grouped most of the well-defined types of garden Roses, 

 mostly small-flowered and which do not readily respond 

 to high cultivation. They are more useful as flowering 

 shrubs in the garden than for cut-flowers. The blooms 

 are generally short-lived. 



Austrian or Yellow Briers. Small leaflets: solitary 

 flowers: bark chocolate-brown. Very hardy, but re- 

 quire pure air and dry soil; will stand very little 

 pruning, producing flowers from the upper ends of 

 the old wood. Types, Harisoni, Austrian Copper and 

 Persian Yellow. 



Scotch or Spiny. This group is well recognized by 

 its excessive spininess; the spines are also very 

 sharp: compaet, low bushes, flowering abundantly and 

 early: flowers small, double. Multiply by under- 

 ground suckers ; fragrant. One hybrid of this group, 

 Stanwell, is a Perpetual. 



Sweetbrier. Distinguished by the fragrance of its 

 leaves: the fruits are also decorative: foliage small: 

 flowers light-colored generally and not held of much 



Lord Penzance Briers. This is a group of hybrids 

 of B.rubiginosa (the Sweetbrier), and the older large- 

 flowered varieties, especially Bourbon and Damask. 

 The results are hardly distributed in America as yet; 

 a few are to be found in select collections. Generally 

 speaking they may be described as very greatly im- 

 proved Sweetbriers. Brenda is particularly desirable 

 for its fruit. 



Prairie Rose (R.setigera). Anative species; prom- 

 ises under cultivation to develop some valuable ac- 



