ON THE ROSE 



Among the ramblers just referred to, for 

 example, by sedulous application of the principles 

 of selection, preserving only those plants that 

 showed themselves to have the quality of inherent 

 resistance to the fungus, I have remaining, after 

 thousands of their fellows have fallen by the way- 

 side, a few rambler roses of wholly new types, 

 which are immune to disease. This selection is 

 not as difficult as might be supposed, because a 

 rose that is intensely susceptible is generally 

 attacked during the first one or two years of its 

 existence. 



Moreover, these new mildew-proof ramblers 

 manifest, partly perhaps as an evidence of the 

 vitality that makes them immune to disease, a 

 capacity to produce enormous clusters of the most 

 beautiful flowers that approach the keeping quali- 

 ties of some of the everlastings. 



Some of them will last at least a month, on the 

 plant or when cut, showing thus a degree of per- 

 manency hitherto quite unheard of among roses. 

 ORIGIN OF THE ROBUST RAMBLERS 



These hardy and prolific new ramblers are 

 largely hybrids. 



There are several varieties of them represent- 

 ing different crosses between the well-known 

 Crimson Rambler and such roses as the Empress 

 of India and the Cecil Bruner and dozens of others. 



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