OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



and found fairly successful, but we shall confine the 

 list to those climbers which we know will prove 

 most reliable for the person desiring a few of this 

 class only. 



In order to make the subject as clear as possible, 

 we shall divide all the various climbers into two 

 classes; this is an absolutely arbitrary division and 

 not at all in accordance with the ordinary manner 

 of classification. 



In our first division we shall include Climbing 

 Hybrid Teas and some other climbers whose blooms 

 have the general shape and size of the Hybrid Tea 

 rose. Hybrid Tea climbers are mostly, as has been 

 explained heretofore, sports from very well-known 

 Hybrid Tea roses. They do not bloom as profusely 

 as the Hybrid Teas nor as constantly. They may be 

 depended upon to give good blooms in the spring, 

 and a few other blooms mainly in the autumn, al- 

 though these are so scattered that they cannot be 

 called continually-blooming roses. In addition to 

 these we have included one or two other roses which, 

 as stated before, have the Hybrid Tea form of bloom; 

 unfortunately they bloom only in the spring and 

 have practically no bloom thereafter, but we have 

 included them because of their great beauty. 



ARDS ROVER. Hybrid Perpetual Climber; Alex. 

 Dickson and Sons; 1898. Color is crimson shaded 



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