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ROSE 



leaflets and single flowers of a coppery j'eL'ow color. It 

 is so hardy that it can brave the most rigorons climate 

 where man tills the soil." Persian Yellow, Harisonii 

 and Copper are the most valuable varieties. They 

 should be pruned sparingly. 



Hybrid Climbing Roses. These are especially useful 

 as pillar Roses. The most valuable are Climbing Jules 

 Margottin (See Fig. 2179, page 1567) and Glory of Cbes- 

 hunt. 



The Prairie Rose {Bosa setigera) is the hardiest of 

 climbers. This quality, with the rapidity and vigor of 

 growth, has given them a wider popularity than any 

 other climber-s. The Gem of the Prairi 



ROSE 



from the adjacent stables to make a Rose garden that 

 will grow as good plants and flowers as those of his 

 more favored friends who have acres at their disposal, 

 provided alwavs that the sunlight can reach the beds 

 for at least half of the day. 



The preparation of the ground is the first step of 



Belle (Fig. 21.54) 



grant Prairie Rose. Baltii 

 least hardy but most lii-:intifii:. Otlnr valuable varie- 

 ties are: Queen of the I'r.rh . Annn M inr and ■rriiilii- 

 phant. The pruning liii I ! i ■ >i ^1 .niiii;!) . 



Hybrid China Rose ( // ' - iw,i,,vi: .Many 



Roses catalogued as II : •, !''i- i!::l- pr-pniy l.i- 

 long here. If Kll • .n _■. i . ■ ^ in I'l'i :'il Tn-nch, 



Provence, Dam ■ il ' r. li 'ii' i'ii|H-dun- 



dertheHybri.il •,,;■:, i;.,.:, ,i ,ii,.nwill 



be much sinii>liii''l and iniliwiil im i"- in n-.niracy. 

 Madame Plantier is tlie besi known and ni"st valuable 

 of all the group. 



Half-hardy Roses: Bourbon Rose {Bn.sii Bourhon- 

 ica) : This group for the most part is composed of au- 

 tumnal bloomers. They are popular as garden Roses. 

 Hermosa is the freest bloomer. Appoline is the most 

 beautiful. George Peabody and Slalmaison are also de- 

 servedly popular. The moderate growers of this group 

 should be closely pruned. 



The Hybrid Noisette ( /,'..m( .\,.l.^rlii,ni,i. var. hjihriila ) 

 has made several coiitrilinTinns t., the r..-arian. Tlie 

 least hardy but the ninsi lirantifnl nninla is nf tliis 

 group are Madame Nonian, .■\Uli-. liminairi' ancl Eliza 

 Boelle. Rivals in beauty and more hardy are Co- 

 quette des Alpes, Coquette des Blanches. The pruning 

 knife should not be spared with this class. 



The Hybrid Tea Rose {Kosa Chinensis, various 

 forms) is more har.lv than the Tea Rose and less 

 hardy than tin- llvlni.l Iv.nn.ntauts. It is a group 

 destined to liav. in:.n\ a.l.liti.nis in the not distant 

 future. La Fian. .■. I .i|iiaiii Cliristy, Kaiserin Au- 

 guste Victoria, Car.iiin.- 'I'.st..ut and Liberty 

 are the best of this class. \ 



Some persons like to train Roses to a few 



this by tile-draii 



lie tln.se 



n;;' Tt 



i.in of the soil should depend 

 to be grown, for the Hybrid 

 a heavy soil containing clay, 

 blood prefer a lighte 



soil. 



The beds may be made of any desired shape, but a 

 width of 4 ft. will usually be found the most satis- 

 factory, as a double row can be planted at intervals of 

 ■1% ft., which will be all that is necessary for the 

 strongest growing varieties, and the blooms can be 

 gathered from each side without the necessity of tramp- 

 ling on the soil. Space may be economized by planting 

 as in the folhiwing diagram : 



''^^ 



and tie them to stakes (Fig. 2173) 

 Another practice is to bud them 

 high on brier stocks and to 

 grow them as standards. Most 

 Americans prefer 

 the free-growing hush 

 blooming fr.ini near 

 the ground(Fig. .r4) 

 Edmund M. Mili s 

 Another View of Gar 

 den Rose - Grouiiic 

 Roses may 1..- - "^ ^ » 



fully grown in ; ^„— 



that will pro. in * 



crops of grain, \ i 

 blesor grass. Ceil nnh 

 the best results will be ^ -= 

 obtained in the more — 



favorable soils and sit ~ 



nations, but every one 

 who loves a Rose and 

 possesses a few feet of — 



ground with plenty of 



sunshine can have his — n 



own Rose garden and =^= 



find pleasure and he ilth 



in cultivating the queen 



of flowers. Of course 



the ideal soil is a rich, deep loam, but 



a good Rose bed can be made in clay, 



sand or gravel at little expense and 



labor. Even the city resident, whose 



house has been erected on the site of ,^, ... 



an exhausted brick-yard, can at a 21'2. Marechal Niel Rose (X A). 



small expense secure sufllcient good Oue of the most popuhir of the Noisettes 



soil from the outskirts and manure Color yeUow. 



The plants will then be 1 ft. from the edge and 30 in. 

 apart, and each plant will be fully exposed to the light 

 and air and will not interfere with its neighbors. 



In preparing a bed on a lawn, the 

 sod and soil should first be entirely re- 

 moved and placed apart; then the best 

 of the subsoil may be taken out and 

 placed on the other side of the trench, 

 and, lastly, the portion to be discarded, 

 making in all a depth of at least 2 

 feet. The floor is then loosened to 

 the full depth of a pick-head, 

 file good subsoil replaced and 

 mixed with a generous dress- 

 ing of well-decomposed 

 stable manure; lastly 

 ^ the surface soil and 



__ sod well broken up and 

 -~=^ also thoroughly en- 

 riched with manure, 

 and the bed filled to 

 the level of the ad- 

 N joining surface with 

 -\ ^i\ enough good soil added 



artli. 



dis 

 Whe 





f\l 



that of tlu: adjoining 

 sod, in order that all 

 the rainfall be re- 

 tained. The writer be- 

 lieves it to be a serious 

 mistake to make any 

 flower bed higher than 

 the adjacent surface, 

 as in hot weather the 

 soil dries out and the plants suffer 

 for want of moisture. 



If the bed is intended for the hardy 

 Hybrid Perpetual or Remontant class, 

 it should contain a fair proportion of 

 clay well mixed with the soil. A suf- 

 ficient amount is always present in 

 what is known as a heavy loam. If 



