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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y. Hardy 'Roses 



Rose, Dorothy Perkins, continued 



foliage which, in July, becomes a bower of lovely 

 pink blossoms. The branches often arch to the 

 ground under the weight of the many heavy 

 clusters of bloom. 



Crimson Rambler. This rampant grower has 

 illuminated more homesteads than probably any 

 other flower. It has been introduced only about 

 15 years and yet has sold by the million. Its 

 characteristics are vigorous growth, sometimes 

 reaching 15 feet in a year, perfect hardiness, 

 profusion of bloom in large clusters about the 

 last of June. 



Prairie Rose. Rosa setigera. This is native in the 

 northern states and out through Michigan. It is 

 about the only species of American Rose that has 

 been improved. Its foliage is healthy and is of 

 light green color. It grows rapidly and it will 

 festoon the tops of trees over 20 feet high. It is 

 excellent as a shrub where it will make long, 

 arching branches, 10 feet high. The problem of 

 decorating hedge-rows, woodland borders, swamps 

 is quickly solved with this, Rosa multiflora, R. 

 Wichuraiatfa, R. Nitida, and other wild Roses. 



We have tall plants of this that have been 

 trained to stakes and are suitable for immediate 

 results on pergolas. 



Baltimore Belle. A variety of the above, with 

 clusters of large double white Roses. 



Queen of the Prairies. Another variety with 

 large, bright rose-colored blossoms. Before the 

 advent of the Crimson Rambler these two va- 

 rieties were the mainstay for climbing Roses, 

 and as they have no defects, we see no reason 

 why they should not continue in favor. 



Wild Roses 



There are several species wild on the sandy hills, 

 roadsides, and swamps that have a high landscape 

 value and which should be used freely in landscape 

 planting, especially for covering large areas. They 

 are easy to collect ; simply dig them up and cut off 

 the tops and the first year they will spring up almost 

 as vigorously as blackberries, to which they are 

 related. They will make a solid mass of foliage and 

 cover the ground completely, excluding weeds 

 after they are established. 



The flowers of our wild Roses are mostly a deli- 

 cate pink. They appear in June and are followed 

 by bright red hips which remain during winter. 

 The foliage of these Roses is good, the bark of the 

 twigs is tinged with red and therefore their winter 

 effect is useful in the landscape because the twigs 

 are so numerous as to give a distinct haze of color. 



Rosa Nitida. An abundant species about 3 feet 

 high, with reddish stems so thickly covered with 

 prickles as to appear moss-like. 



R. lucida alba. This wild Rose is a white variety 

 which has been extensively used in landscape 

 planting. As its name indicates, the foliage is 

 shiny. 



Sweet Briar. Rosarubiginosa. Eglantine. The Sweet 

 Briar Rose has a delightful perfume, especially 

 on a dewy evening, and should be planted in the 

 garden and near the house for that alone. It has 

 become naturalized in the Cedar fields and road- 

 sides of Long Island. There have been produced 

 a number of new varieties known as Lord Pen- 

 zance Hybrids. 



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An excellent treatment for a curved path on a small lot where there is no room for a flower-garden. The planting con- 

 tains Peonies, Canterbury Bells, Iris, Sweet William and, in the shade next the house, tall Rhododendrons 



