OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



Evangeline, all excellent additions and ranking with 

 the best Wichuraiana climbers. 



Following will be found a tabulated record of the 

 breeding of the main varieties in which the Hybrid 

 Perpetuals and Teas figure. It has not been ar- 

 ranged at all in conformity with the usual botanical 

 analyses of species and sub-species, but the informa- 

 tion given has been taken from such books as 

 Pemberton's and placed together so that the history 

 of the breeding of the different varieties may be 

 seen at a glance. There are several authorities 

 who have noted that the exact breeding of the 

 Hybrid Perpetuals is to some extent problematical. 

 The roses named as the Hybrid Perpetuals' im- 

 mediate ancestors are generally accepted as such, 

 but some few other varieties were used in the gradual 

 evolution of this class from the first Hybrid Per- 

 petual until the list was completed. At the present 

 time there are fewer Hybrid Perpetuals bred, as the 

 Hybrid Teas have entirely superseded them. 



The work of hybridization is a most interesting 

 one, but unless carried out on a scientific scale it is 

 almost entirely a matter of chance whether or not 

 anything of value may be secured. No doubt any 

 one cultivating roses to a large extent would greatly 

 enjoy trying to introduce a new variety of his own 

 breeding. 



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