LUTHER BURBANK 



Those of the first named cross often have enor- 

 mous stems, with deep red hairy branches; while 

 the hybrids of other crosses often have slender, 

 smooth branches. 



But the hybrids themselves have been inter- 

 bred, and other strains that seem to give good 

 promise were brought into their heredity, so that 

 they have traits that do not belong to any of the 

 original parents. 



Some of these new ramblers have very large, 

 broad crimson prickles; others have long slender 

 ones set very closely together; still others are quite 

 without prickles, being as smooth as the Banksias. 



In color, the new ramblers vary through crim- 

 son, scarlet, and pink to snowy white. Moreover, 

 some of them resemble the Japanese primrose in 

 color, and, when trained on a wall, present such 

 a unique appearance that they would not be rec- 

 ognized as roses when viewed from a little dis- 

 tance. These in particular are especially long 

 keepers. 



In explanation of what has just been said as to 

 the uncertainties of the precise lineage of some of 

 my roses, it may be added I have experimented 

 first and last with a very large number of species 

 and varieties of both commonly cultivated and 

 wild ones, and I have not found it expedient or of 

 any special significance to attempt to keep a pre- 



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