GENERAL INFORMATION 



gins after the priod of summer drought; what we in 

 the East would call early autumn is, in reality, spring 

 in southern California. Farther north on the Pacific 

 Coast we have friends who advise that roses are most 

 successful with them, and no doubt roses in our list 

 which are marked "B" and "C" as to hardiness 

 would probably not whiter kill to any extent, al- 

 though we, naturally, more strongly recommend the 

 roses in our set of sixteen chosen varieties. 



HINTS ON HYBRIDIZATION 



It would hardly seem that this chapter will be 

 complete without further information on the most 

 interesting part of rose growing, that is, hybridiza- 

 tion to secure new varieties. The books which we 

 have noted in the chapter on propagation will take 

 the reader very thoroughly through this most fas- 

 cinating subject, and they should be secured by 

 any one who proposes to attempt such work. 



We have been making experiments with seedlings 

 and with hybridizing for some time past. It will 

 be found by the person who wishes to have some 

 interesting work for the winter and who can give up 

 part of his greenhouse, that a great deal may be 

 accomplished even in a limited space. A conserva- 

 tory would also give one an opportunity to make 

 interesting experiments. 

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