BEST VARIETIES WITH CHARACTERISTICS 



to formal gardens and landscape work. However, 

 we cannot recommend them unless absolute winter 

 protection is given, and this is best accomplished by 

 placing boards around the plant, encasing it from 

 the ground to above the bud and rilling in with 

 earth. 



In the case of some of the climbers, which are 

 used as standards, an attractive effect is produced 

 by allowing the trailing shoots of such plants to 

 grow downwards, more or less like the weeping 

 willow tree, and these are called weeping standards, 

 otherwise they are the same as the regular standard. 

 In the case of some of the Teas, which are grown 

 very close to the ground in this way, they can be 

 more thoroughly protected in cold winters than they 

 could be if grown as the usual standard. It is be- 

 lieved that Teas are especially prolific when grown 

 in this manner. One well known writer states that 

 he has seen such a Tea with seventy-five blooms on 

 it at one time. 



Standards require very much more room than 

 dwarfs, and this is another reason why they are not 

 planted so extensively. If used we would strongly 

 recommend for them the roses contained in our 

 main list. Dwarfs are budded close to the root of 

 the stock and the bud is planted below the ground 

 level, hence they are hardier and much more easily 



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