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including Marechal Niel and Chromatella. 

 From that one notable beginning little 

 was done until quite recently, when the 

 immense possibilities of the multiflora group 

 (as exemplified in Crimson Rambler) and 

 Rosa Wichuraiana gave a new impetus to 

 rose production in America. We are to-day 

 only beginning to realise the development 

 in this group, which bids fair to be one 

 characteristically American. These varieties 

 answer the requirements of the average 

 American garden better than many other 

 plants, and though not roses of the older 

 type, which will always be grown for cut 

 flowers, still they are roses and fill a place in 

 the garden and about the porch that no other 

 plants have done so far. 



WHAT THE RAMBLER AND MEMORIAL ROSES 

 HAVE GIVEN US IN TEN YEARS 



In 1893 the Wichuraiana Rose was first in- 

 troduced into this country from Japan, by Mr. 

 Jackson Dawson, and since then has steadily 

 grown in favour for the several purposes 

 to which it is so well adapted. It is a most 

 interesting species, being hardy, pure white 



