GENERAL INFORMATION 



in their old bed and as the rose increases in size a 

 larger pot must be provided. Roses are being grown 

 on the Gulf of St. Lawrence where the temperature 

 reaches forty degrees below zero; they are protected 

 during winter by the device of covering each bush 

 with a small keg, filled with earth. The Hybrid 

 Perpetuals do best in this locality; even the strongest 

 of the Hybrid Teas tried give poor results. In the 

 more moderate climate of the Middle Atlantic States 

 and in approximate temperatures it would be possible 

 to grow many of the more delicate roses with the 

 heaviest winter protection. 



One of the best means of protecting roses from 

 the cold and the wind is a good brick or stone wall. 

 It is expensive, but even a low wall will make it 

 possible to grow the smaller Teas, and a four-foot 

 wall would be of great use in protecting low bushes 

 from the heavy winds, while with a six- or eight-foot 

 wall it would be possible to care for the wonderfully 

 blooming Climbing Teas. The tender Cherokee rose 

 is being successfully grown near Philadelphia on the 

 south side of a wall. The ideal exposure would be 

 a wall facing the south or southeast and, as the 

 winter approaches, the climbers could be taken down 

 from their fastenings on the wall and covered over 

 with earth and the smaller roses cut back and heavily 

 covered. In an ideal rose garden, with such a wall 



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