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Gardening for Amateurs 



The growth of Roses on standards is un- 

 doubtedly much more uncertain than that of 

 Roses on dwarf stocks or on their own roots, 

 but many people have a great affection for 

 standard Roses, whilst it is beyond question 

 the best way to grow many of the very lovely 

 sorts having blooms that droop somewhat ; 

 their beauties are then displayed to the best 

 advantage and the blossoms are free from 

 defilement by soil splashes in wet weather. 

 Moreover, in wet weather the drooping 

 blooms of a Rose grown in standard form 



Roses that make Good Standards. Alfred 

 Colomb (H.P.), bright red ; Captain Hay- 

 ward (H.P.), light crimson ; Caroline Testout 

 (H.T.), pink ; Chateau de Clos Vougeot 

 (H.T.), blackish crimson ; Climbing Caroline 

 Testout (H.T.), pink; Climbing Liberty 

 (H.T.), red ; Countess of Oxford (H.P.), 

 carmine red ; Dean Hole (H.T.), salmon 

 and rose; Fisher Holmes (H.P.), crim- 

 son scarlet ; Frau Karl Druschki (H.P.), 

 white ; General Jacqueminot (H.P.), bright 

 red ; General Me Arthur (H.T.), bright red ; 



Standards of Rose Dean Hole (Hybrid Tea), salmon and rose shades. 



have an advantage, as the rain runs off the 

 outer petals and the blooms remain un- 

 spoilt. 



Suckers must be kept down, particularly 

 growths from the brier stock at the base of 

 the head, and the season after planting the 

 shoots should be pruned bak to within an 

 inch or so of their bases. In fact, it is almost 

 always advisable to prune standards more 

 severely than dwarfs, both because the 

 growths are more exposed to wind damage, 

 and because, as before mentioned, the Rose 

 can get no support from roots put forth by 

 itself : it has to rely on those of the stock. 



Gloire Lyonnaise (H.T.). white, tinged yellow ; 

 Grand Due Adolphe de Luxembourg (H.T.), 

 rose and carmine ; Griiss an Teplitz (H.T.), 

 bright crimson ; Gustav Griinerwald (H.T.), 

 bright rose-pink ; Harry Kirk (T.), canary 

 yellow ; Hugh Dickson (H.P.), bright red ; 

 J. B. Clark (H.T.), scarlet with dark shading ; 

 Joseph Hill (H.T.), yellow and salmon ; 

 Juliet (Pernetiana), crimson and old gold ; La 

 France (H.T.), silvery-pink ; LaTosca (H.T.), 

 rose and blush ; Lady Ashtown (H.T.), rose- 

 pink ; Lady Roberts (T.), yellow and copper ; 

 Laurent Carle (H.T.), light red; Lyons 

 Rose (H.T.), salmon and yellow ; Margaret 



