WHERE THE DESERT 

 BLOOMS WITH ROSES 



llo:^' c.vtc-iisnrly the slate oj iaiijornto supplies lliis ioitiilry ;eitli rose 

 plants is little appreeiated by those wlu^ liaTe not seen the stretehes eorered 

 ivith them in the southern part of the (lolden Stale. I'aehed llwiujli it is leitli 

 information, this artiele. rrr;/, toiielies only the liiijh spots. 



\v;ii(. in ;. jicii.T!.! way jci.t iiiid savs, in part: "Xof, oiilv in mcd, is a l)iu uridcrtakin^^ I o .|uot.' M r. 

 Iiaf lai-KO (iiianiitifs of roses, but in all nursriv st.n-k a.v' th,- I low.ird a-a in. • ' It was some job liar- 

 i.scs arc -rown in an.l ..ftVcts of the cliniat.' sliown. We have vest inj: the .rep last year and it auain 



l/rilOl'CIl lor years the 

 eastern trade has l)een 

 a 



th; 

 r( 



Kliiji|ied from Calildinia. it 



_ is doubtful if many llo 



^J|f^l!ife0^ rists realize to what extent 



this business lias devtd 



ojii'd. For a lonj; time it 



was thouj^lit that roses from thi^ fa 



vored clim.ite would not stand wi II 



when t ra nsolant ed to the more trviny 



By H. R. RICHARDS. 



individual |dantv from four to five 

 =-^= iiudies in the row. this, as may Ix- imat; 



in ])ast years several times seen walnut 

 foliaf;e burn from the excessive heat at 

 nearcoast ]ioiiits, while our foliaye hen- 

 would escape eiitiridy. \'et the dainajie 

 was done by a desert wind that caiiii' 

 over our heads, but our plaiit-^ arc accli 

 mated." 



This latter iieint is the ^isl ol' tin 



conditions in the east .nid middle west. whole tiling. I'rom the earliest sta;'e> 



but experience has pro\ cd that siicii 

 I'ears were firouiidless .-ind that, as a 

 matter of fai-t, the thorou^fh ripeniiiii. 

 or consolid.'it illy of the wood, under the 

 iiitlueiice ol' the California sun m.aUes 

 for hardiness rather th;iri tenderness. 

 A well known tirm, at llemet. had 

 loiifj used as a slojian ' ' I »csert ('liiiiate 

 (irowa Hoses,"' and there is no (|nestion 

 that there is jjreat merit in these. ( '. W. 

 Howard, of the Howard Hose Co., ot' 



these plants are exposed to conditions 

 that would seriously injure' sappy, tureen 

 wood, y;rown wlii're abuinl.'nit ;itmos 

 plieric moisture ]ire\ails. It is obvious 



seems larye in ant ieipat ion, for we h.ave 

 this year more th.an tifty acres. This 

 season's j)l;iiitiny will not l>e any less, 

 but, ,judt,nntc from the condition of our 

 pr(ip;ij.;at inj^ beds at this date, the plants 

 will cover even iiioie. After one Ion;; 

 season in our desert climate titdds, the 

 mature jdaiits will be put on the market 

 in .l.'inuarv, I9l'.!. ' ' 



.Most of the stock is erown on its 

 own roots, althou;;h some varieties are 

 budded. Oni! of the most jiopular stocks 

 tdr biKhliiiti on is Ray^ied I{obin. a va- 



th.'U, that even when t;iken to a colder 'i'dy that does not readily produce suek- 



.diiiiato their sturdiness and liar.liiiess ers, which are such ,i nuisance either 



will be in their favor, and this ;iccoiints in the garden or in the fireenliouse. Bud- 



for the many re])eat orders that .ome 'l'i>« »< Hemet is j.racticed mostly on 



lier,._ " the weaker firoweis tli.'it do not ''size 



Last year the abovi- tirm liar\.>sted up " on own root id.inis. In addition to 



fifty-four .'teres of rose pl;ints .md. ;is own root .and budded roses, the growers 



Heniet, writes interestinj^ly on this sub- the rows were three feet apart and the .ive also ex|ieriiiieiit iny with bench 



Vhere Three-quarters of a Million Roses Are Grown, in the San Fernando Valley, California. 



