July 3, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



13 



THE BEST OUTDOOR BOSESi 



[From an address on "The Propagation and 

 Growing of the Rose," delivered by B. G. Hill, 

 of Richmond, Ind., before the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen, June 26.] 



Our country is so wide in extent, and 

 so variable in climate, that roses suited 

 to one section may be absolute failures 

 in another; hence the need of supplying 

 suitable sorts for given localities. Many 

 points must be taken into account, no- 

 tably drainage, composition of the soil, 

 exposure, temperature, humidity and 

 the behavior of the variety in response. 



The climbers and the Wichuraianas 

 succeed in nearly all sections of the 

 country, except perhaps in portions of 

 the northwest and in the extreme south. 

 Our present varieties in these two 

 classes are the pioneers of garden plant- 

 ing; varieties more resistant to severe 

 cold are needed for the Dakotas and 

 that latitude. 



In the south the tendency to con- 

 tinuous growth is apt to lessen the 

 vitality of the rose, but in the gulf ter- 

 ritory and in California the climbing 

 teas and Noisettes prove highly satis- 

 factory. Liamarque, Gold of Ophir, Sol- 

 faterre, Gloire de Dijon, and that won- 

 derful rose, Marechal Niel, with the 

 climbing sports of certain teas and hy- 

 brid teas, such as Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, Meteor and others, give a fine 

 choice of color subjects in trellis roses. 



Hardy Climbing Roses. 



Some of the most satisfactory in the 

 hardy climbing sections are Dorothy 

 Perkins, White Dorothy Perkins, Dr. 

 W. Van Fleet, Tausendschoen, Excelsa, 

 Mary Lovett^ Silver Moon, Bess Lovett, 

 Gardenia, American Pillar and Graf 

 Zeppelin. This list can be considerably 

 extended by other excellent sorts. 



The dwarf polyantha type succeeds 

 under even adverse circumstances. Eoses 

 of this type are liardy, wonderfully 

 free, and absolutely continuous up to 

 killing frosts at Thanksgiving in our 

 middle western states. Among the true 

 and tried are Erna Teschendorff, Mme. 

 Levavasseur, Catherine Zeimet, Mrs. 

 Cutbush, Clothilde Soupert and Mme. 

 Gouchault. 



What the rose-loving public demands 

 are "everbloomers," but we may as 

 well say at once that, outside of the 

 polyanthas, the everbloomer is an im- 

 possibility so far as the production of 

 blooms during July and the first half 

 of August is concerned. 



Twenty-five Best Hybrid Teas. 



Among the teas and hybrid teas, after 



the flush of June bloom is past, there 

 invariably comes an interval of rest, 

 lasting until cooler nights herald the 

 approach of autumn. Then comes the 

 great show of the summer, lasting till 

 cut short by frost. After a most criti- 

 cal scrutiny of many noted collections, 

 the following twenty-five sorts seem to 

 constitute the finest of the hybrid teas 

 ^for bedding: Radiance, Red Radiance, 

 Lieutenant Chaure, Hoosier Beauty, 

 General MacArthur, Gniss an Teplitz, 

 George "^^ Waud, Janet, Indiana, Lady 

 Ursula, Lady Ashtown, Madame C. 

 Testout, Koenigin Carola, Mrs. Wake- 

 field Christie-Miller, Mme. Jules Bouche, 

 Lady Alice Stanley, Killarney Queen, 

 Ophelia, Mrs. A. R. Waddell, Mary 

 Countess of Ilchester, Robin Hood, 

 Columbia, Los Angeles, Duchess of Wel- 

 lington, Dorothy Page Roberts. 



The varieties, William R. Smith, 



Baldwin, Pink and White Cochet, Kais- 

 erin Augusta Victoria, Antoine Ri- 

 voire, Lady Hillingdon and Melanie 

 Soupert will find a host of friends wher- 

 ever climatic conditions favor their 

 growth and development. 



Of the hybrid perpetual class I have 

 clear-cut pictures in my mind of those 

 magnificent sorts, Frau Karl Druschki, 

 Paul Neyron, Ulrich Brunner, General 

 Jacqueminot, Anna de Diesbach, Alfred 

 Colomb and Hugh Dickson. 



The rugosa has a future for the hy- 

 bridist and from the intermingling of 

 the blood of this rugged species will 

 come beautiful varieties for the colder 

 climes of Canada and the United States. 

 This we may now anticipate with cer- 

 tainty, for are they not already arriv- 

 ing? 



Propagation of Roses. 



Nearly all the climbing types of roses 

 can be propagated from ripened wood 

 made into long cuttings and planted in 

 the open during early spring. 



Ground peat or dried muck placed at 

 the bottom of the trench where the cut- 

 tings are inserted is a procedure prac- 

 ticed in Europe with good results, a 

 sandy loam being preferable to heavier 

 soil. 



Greenhouse growing of wood for prop- 

 agating purposes is the method em- 

 ployed extensively by firms in the mid- 

 dle west. In order to get the wood in- 

 tended for propagation in suitable con- 

 dition, a close temperature with a humid 

 atmosphere is sought. Wood thus grown 

 is placed in shaded frames, with a mus- 

 lin cover some three or four feet above 



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