OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



west; in fact in every part of our great country 

 where there is little frost all of these wonderful 

 Teas and Climbing Teas and Noisettes may be 

 successfully cultivated. Therefore, if your home is 

 in that section of the country we strongly advise 

 you to try all roses marked "B" and "C" in our 

 mam list under the heading "Hardiness," but we 

 do not believe it would pay you to grow Hybrid 

 Perpetuals to any extent except in a large garden 

 or collection. Although we can recommend these 

 more delicate roses for the southern climate referred 

 to above, we do not wish to intimate that they are 

 better than the Hybrid Teas of our well-tried list. 

 These should succeed as well as in our own climate. 

 The point that we desire to bring out is that the 

 more delicate roses can be successfully cultivated 

 below the frost belt. In the northern part of our 

 country, where the winter is very cold and severe 

 and the temperature remains considerably below 

 zero for long periods, roses must be given every 

 protection to succeed; in that part north of Boston, 

 for instance, only the very hardiest of the Hybrid 

 Teas, Hybrid Perpetuals and Wichuraianas will 

 stand the winter out-of-doors, and they must be 

 given even more thorough winter protection than is 

 advised for our Middle Atlantic climate. In all 

 except the very coldest parts of our climate it would 



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