INDEX 



Admiral Dewey rose, 36 

 Aime6 Cochet rose, 36 

 Alex. Hill Gray rose, 50, 144 

 All-round best roses, 41, 50, 52, 



53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 65 

 Alphides, or green flies, 127 

 Alpina roses, propagation of, by 



suckers, 17 

 American growers, advantages 



of buying from, 94 

 Annie Besant rose, 50 

 Antoine Revoire rose, 36, 50 



102, 103 

 Best 16, No. 3 

 Ards Rover rose, 68 

 Arthur R. Goodwin rose, 50 

 Ashes as a fertilizer, 126 

 Autumn planting, advantage, 97 



B 



Bardou Job rose, 50 

 Baroness Rothschild rose, 50 

 Beaute Inconstante rose, 50 

 Beds, care of, 107 



composition, 87 



design suggestions, 100, 102 



drainage, 87 



finished, 88 



for autumn planting, 90 



location and preparation, 80 



soil, soils, 83, 88 

 Belle Siebrecht rose, 37 

 Best all-round roses, 41 sq. 



Betty rose, 50 



Best 16, No. 15 



Black spot, cure for, 132, 138 



Blanc Double de Coubert rose, 

 51 



Blanks, forms for, 98 



Blood as a fertilizer, 126 



Bone meal, 105, 126 



Bourbon Perpetual rose, 31 



Breeding new varieties, 30 

 methods kept secret, 35 

 table of main varieties, 31 



Brenda rose, 51 



Briar stocks for budding, 19, 149 

 for grafting, 24 



Bridesmaid rose, 36 



British Queen rose, 51 



Budded roses, 20, 22, 23, 93 



advantages of, 21, 22 

 objections to, 20 



Budding, 18, 19 



Buds, small, removal of, 126 



Bugs or beetles, 131 



Camoens rose, sport from (Ecar- 



late), 26 



Captain Hay ward rose, 51 

 Caroline Testout rose, 36, 51, 69 

 Cecile Brunner, climbing, 72 

 Celine Forestier rose, 74 

 Characteristics of prominent 



roses, 33 

 Chauteau de Clos Vougeot, 51 



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