THE PROPAGATION OF ROSES 



growth or different bloom than the old varieties, 

 which were not so far removed from the original 

 species. 



Changes in habit of growth occur as well as 

 changes in bloom, and a great many of the Hybrid 

 Teas have produced sports which have much more 

 of a climbing habit than the dwarf bush from which 

 such new varieties originated. The bloom in form 

 and color is practically identical with the parent 

 stock, although its period of flowering is usually 

 shorter and its bloom less profuse. 



There is one very interesting illustration of a rose 

 which sported, the new growth of which when prop- 

 agated reverted to the original form of its parent 

 stock. Heinrich Schultheis, a Hybrid Perpetual 

 rose of deep, rosy pink, sported with Paul & Sons, 

 of London, and produced Paul's Early Blush, a 

 light silvery pink. Again it sported with Alex. 

 Dickson & Sons, in Ireland, and produced another 

 silvery pink, known as Mrs. Harkness. Both of 

 these new roses were perpetuated and became quite 

 popular before the Hybrid Teas came into general 

 notice. In the year 1913 Dr. Robert Huey, of 

 Philadelphia, still had plants of Paul's Early Blush 

 and Mrs. Harkness. It was remarkable that speci- 

 mens of both these plants partially reverted to the 

 old form of Heinrich Schultheis, throwing up shoots 



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