OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



many of them have the long double bud on the stiff 

 erect stem so much desired in roses, and the best 

 varieties open slowly and keep well after being cut; 

 therefore in the mam list which follows we have 

 put the best of the Hybrid Teas and have also 

 included other roses which come up to a certain 

 standard. In addition to these there are a great 

 many which for large gardens should not be over- 

 looked, some of them among the Perpetuals and 

 Teas, and we have also added these varieties to 

 our main list. 



Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to find 

 many roses absolutely perfect for our climate. The 

 winters are more severe and the summers hotter 

 than the conditions to which imported roses and 

 their forbears have been accustomed, so that many 

 of the roses which flourish in Europe are worthless 

 with us. 



The main classes include the Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 Hybrid Teas and Teas, and are grown in two ways, 

 as dwarfs and as standards. Standards differ from 

 dwarfs or bushes (ordinary form), in that they are 

 budded or grafted on strong briar and other stocks 

 from two and one-half to four feet from the ground. 

 They are most attractive and some are more easily 

 reached than the dwarfs, as the blooms grow about 

 the level of the eye, while all of them are adapted 



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