OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



there than farther south in Philadelphia where we 

 now reside, but with proper and heavy hilling up 

 there was a very small percentage of deaths, and 

 owing to the cool, moist climate, the blooms were 

 particularly fine. We remember especially that the 

 Pierre Notting of the Buzzard Bay district was a 

 much superior rose to the one grown near Phila- 

 delphia. However, since that time, after experiment- 

 ing with various roses of about the same growth 

 and bloom as Pierre Notting, we have discovered 

 that Alex. Hill Gray is much superior to it, be- 

 ing the same type but a better grower, with 

 more perfect foliage and bloom. For these rea- 

 sons we have replaced Pierre Notting with Alex. 

 Hill Gray. 



There is a very interesting list of roses for the 

 locality of Chicago published in "How to Make a 

 Flower Garden," in which Mr. W. C. Egan gives 

 his experience with roses near Jackson Park, Chicago. 

 From the list which he selects it would seem that 

 the hardiest Hybrid Teas would do well there, as 

 his article included with the Hybrid Perpetuals 

 several Hybrid Teas and Teas which are not among 

 our hardiest varieties. 



On the Pacific Coast roses do wonderfully well. 

 In Santa Barbara, California, they come into bloom 

 before Christmas, and the growing season there be- 



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