GARDENS OF ROSES 



of red, white, or yellow. It may be the hybrid of a 

 hybrid having the rose in some far distant garden as 

 its ancestor. 



Many early rose gardens of this country grew with 

 pride the beautiful Caroline Testout as well as the 

 general favorite, Merveille de Lyon. To-day the off- 

 spring of these two roses, the Frau Karl Druschki, 

 is the white rose of white roses in modern gardens. 

 Its beauty is similar to that of a perfect bit of sculpture. 

 The absolute whiteness of the rose, without tinge of 

 yellow or blush, is one of its unusual features, while 

 the lack of luster on the petals gives it the mat finish 

 of marble. The bud is like a pigeon's egg, unfolding 

 leisurely into the glorious flower. The Frau Karl 

 Druschki, as its name indicates, was bred in Germany. 

 In every American rose garden to-day it should have 

 a place. It is more beautiful than either of its parents, 

 although very feeble in its perfume. Still the Caroline 

 Testout and the Merveille de Lyon are roses of such 

 excellent habit and striking beauty that it would be a 

 pity not to grow them in the garden. 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses 



Frau Karl Druschki belongs among the hardy, 

 hybrid, perpetual roses that fairly claim the month 

 of June as their own. It is their day in all truth, 

 the time when rose gardens fairly glow and smile 

 in the sunshine. These roses have mostly rough leaves 

 of five leaflets. When vigorous shoots appear, showing 

 smoother leaves and seven leaflets, they are generally 

 upstarts from the Manetti stock on which the roses 



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