OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



handled in winter than standards. In our experi- 

 ments with standards we have found them to be 

 most uncertain, sometimes they last for several 

 years and again fully fifty per cent. die. An average 

 of ten per cent, would be a conservative estimate 

 for winter loss, unless most thorough winter pro- 

 tection was given. 



Every year the commercial rose growers in England 

 and the Continent bring out their new varieties; 

 before a satisfactory verdict can be given as to their 

 adaptability to this country they must be tried for 

 at least two years. In many cases new varieties 

 are shipped as such small grafted plants that for 

 the first year it is almost impossible to test them 

 properly, and a year later larger plants must be 

 tried again. Very probably these small plants 

 would do well abroad, but here they run the risk 

 of being passed upon as worthless when many may 

 be first-class varieties. 



Owing to the difference in our climate, even the 

 color of imported roses may vary somewhat from 

 the European catalogued description. The average 

 rose is generally somewhat lighter in color, owing to 

 our extreme heat in summer. Killarney is an excep- 

 tion which proves this rule. This rose is catalogued 

 in the European lists as "Flesh-shaded white, suf- 

 fused pale pink"; in this country it is a solid light 



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