BEST VARIETIES WITH CHARACTERISTICS 



there have been included all which have come up to 

 a certain standard. Those excluded have not proved 

 successful after a test in which all had the same 

 chance. 



During the fall of 1914, when the list of the six- 

 teen best all-round varieties was selected, the roses 

 included were by all odds the best sixteen varieties 

 for general cultivation. Since that time, however, 

 the situation has greatly changed owing to the num- 

 ber of new roses introduced. Not only have many 

 Hybrid Teas been brought out, but the new race of 

 Pernetianas has further complicated the problem. 

 In these two years during which all these domestic 

 and foreign roses have been put on the market it has 

 been very difficult to make comprehensive tests as 

 to the value of each new introduction; nevertheless 

 every new rose has been or is on trial, and informa- 

 tion from other sections of the country carefully con- 

 sidered. Furthermore, it was most important to try 

 as many roses as possible on different stocks, and to 

 this end careful experiments were made to learn the 

 best stock for each variety. In many cases the Mul- 

 tiflora has greatly improved certain roses; in many 

 others there is little difference between Briar and 

 Multiflora, while in a few instances the Briar is the 

 best. Another valuable phase of the work has been 

 the cultivating of weak growers and poor bloomers 



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