GENERAL INFORMATION 



not allow the frost to remain, as it seems to do in 

 low-lying ground. 



Proximity to the ocean or any large body of water 

 often gives a more even temperature than is found 

 in inland sections. Near the sea coast of New Eng- 

 land, where cool summers are encountered, wonder- 

 ful beauty is shown by many roses. 



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 sev- 

 eral 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 

 begins after the period 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 roses are most successful. 



Professor R. T. Stevens, of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, in his very excellent article in the American 



Rose Annual for 1916, gives the following informa- 

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