ford, rosy pink ; Paul Neyron, deep rose color ; 

 Ulrich Brunner, cherry red, are among the most 

 satisfactory kinds. Hybrid perpetuals are quite 

 hardy nearly everywhere, but a heavy mulch of 

 leaves or straw through the winter is always helpful. 

 Although called "perpetuals," they are not really per- 

 petual bloomers ; but many of them will produce 

 more than one crop of flowers in a season. 



The hybrid-tea roses are more tender, but are 

 all-season bloomers if well cared for. In the North, 

 bend the branches down to the ground and stake 

 them there in late autumn and apply stable manure, 

 and on top of that a thick covering of straw or 

 leaves, held securely against winds by wire chicken- 

 netting laid flat and fastened along the edges with 

 stakes. Remove the covering in late April. Good 

 varieties are : Caroline Testout, bright rose color ; 

 Gruss an Teplitz, scarlet; Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 

 creamy white ; Killarney, one of the most beautiful 

 pink roses in existence; La France, silvery pink, 

 very attractive. There are many other good kinds. 



Tea roses are very free-flowering, but are almost 

 too tender for growing outdoors in the North, even 

 if protected with straw. In the greenhouse or in the 

 South, they are fine. 



Then there are those old favorites, the moss 

 roses and the sweetbriars. The Rugosa roses, of 

 Japanese origin, are hardy and interesting; the seed- 

 pods are quite ornamental. Wichuriana is a low- 

 trailing species producing white flowers in July after 

 the June roses are through blooming. The dwarf 

 Polyantha roses bear pleasing clusters of dainty 

 small flowers all summer ; Pink Baby Rambler is 

 one of the best. There are also a Crimson Baby 

 Rambler and a White Baby Rambler. 



