1571 



found among a nunilred vaneta 

 liirh the case m jlici Msite I 1) 

 rette remaining m tl 1 1 I ■ 

 or less blasted 11 i t 1 1 



States American 1 ui i li t 

 a complete failui li i i 1 i ii t 

 worth growing eicei t in i Tei\ 

 few well favored garden and 

 even there it is far from being 

 perfect 



Manj Rose's t i f 1 ttl 



value heie unl i 11 I 



grafted Of tl III 



Niel IS the mo t l 



Instances maj 11 I i I 



Rose has thiivc 1 ui ii u II i ii 

 own roots but u h c i i 



marked exception s< m t w i 

 pie maintain th-it all R u 



best on their ow n roots but u h 

 opinions are easilj refuted ly con 

 suiting any of our veteran 

 rosanans The undersigned 

 does not advise the furchase 

 of any such stock no mitter 

 how much is eliime 1 f i it 

 or how widely lUeiti tl it 

 may be The be t Ro e he 

 has ever seen weie root 

 grafted but of course this 

 procedure is too expensn e 

 for the general nurseryman 

 anl th lulk of our local 



ind this IS particu 

 hea^y frosts Lau 



all others are more 

 the eastern United 



winter and spring i-.a France for many j ears was the 

 leading Rose in California and grew well budded or on 

 its own roots in almost any locality but is now rapidly 

 becoming a thing of the past though it can never be 

 wholly discarded for it is still in a few gardens the 

 queen of the faniilj Its involuntary retirement from 

 our Rose gardens is due entirely to a die back 

 thracnose) which affects many other plants than the 

 Rose but seems to have a special hkmg for La France 

 Thus far no cure has been found 



llush, though 

 the Banksia 



are often used. Those Roses grown on their own roots 

 are usually propagated from hardwood cuttings, grown 

 out of doors, and Decemlur is usumIIv the best month, 

 though the writer has su<ri-~ful!y rooted them from 

 October to March, aocordiiiL; t.. th.- v:iiii ty. 



Rust bothers us but little; likewise- scale, though in 

 many neglected gardens tlic bush ami climbers alike 

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

 scale of the 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 Call 

 forma compiled from lists furnished the writer by 

 the be t six nurserjmen and growers in Los Angeles 

 An increasing demani for Maman Cochet is quite 

 maiked and the few White Mainan Cochtt yet grown 

 here seems to ma k it as the coming white Rose for this 



The following lists place the varieties in the order of 

 their desirability for either florist or fancier, when 



BusJi ii'oses.— Marie Van Houtte, Madame Lambard, 

 Maman Cochet, Papa Gontier, Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

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

 Perle des Jardins, Caroline Testout, Elise Sauvage. 



C/imftej-s. -Lamarque, Marechal Niel, Climbing Son- 

 de Wootton, Ksve d' Or, Reine Marie Henriette, 

 Gloire de Dijon. This list will he 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 condl- 



To Mr. Frank Huston, nurseryman of Los Angeles, 

 the writer is indebted for many valuable points con- 

 tained in this article; also to Mr. Wm. S. Lyon, whose 

 little booklet, "Gardening in California," contains the 

 best practical treatise on Rose-growing ever published 

 on this coast. Ernest Bracnton. 



