Book of Gardens 



11 



FOUR 



O F 



THE 



ROSE 



FAMILIES 



Frovi the Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, Hybrid Teas and Polyantha Types 

 The Rose Lover Makes a Selection for All-Season Bloom 



THERE are three principal groups with 

 which the rose grower should familiarize 

 himself — the Hybrid Perpetuals, made up of 

 roses of mixed parentage but practically all 

 of the hardy or perpetual type; the Tea rose, 

 tea scented, which is not hardy except in the 

 South or in California; and the Hybrid Teas, 

 standing between these two rose extremes, being 

 the offspring of the hardy Hybrid Perpetuals 

 and the Teas, and having been developed 

 toward hardiness as far as possible. Of course 

 there are many other kinds and the fact that 

 there are over four thousand species of the 

 genus in Europe and Western Asia alone, will 

 only confuse the amateur. Choice, then, should 

 be made for season of bloom and varying qual- 

 ity and texture of flower. 



The first roses to bloom are those of the Hy- 

 brid Perpetual class — the June roses — which 

 begin usually about the 5th of June and con- 

 tinue on for a month. The Teas and Hybrid 

 Teas begin later — about the 15th — and earn- 

 their first flower production until the last week 



in July. Then they rest a bit, save for a few- 

 fugitive blooms, until about the end of August, 

 when they start in once more and blossom un- 

 til frost. The interval between the end of July 

 and the end of August is tilled in with two 

 other classes, the Bengal and the Polyantha. 

 The latter are clustered masses of small flowers 

 usually and the bushes are not large. 



The number of plants of each class which a 

 rose garden should have must, of course, be 

 determined by the size of the garden, but a fair 

 proportion is two Hybrid Teas, one Bengal, one 

 Polyantha and one Tea to each Hybrid Per- 

 petual, or five Hybrid Teas to one Hybrid Per- 

 petual. 



Of the Hybrid Perpetuals, Baron de Bon- 

 stetton. General Jacqueminot and Prince Ca- 

 mille de Rohan are among the deep and velvety 

 reds. Paul Neyron, in addition to being the 

 largest rose in the world, is free ilowering, of 

 a fine, deep rose color. Darker than this is 

 Marshall P. Wilder. Two good whites are 

 Frau Karl Druschki and Margaret Dickson. 



Another white is Marchioness of Londonderry. 

 Mrs. John Laing is an abundant soft pink. 



Among the Hybrid Teas, an excellent red 

 rose is General McArthur. Betty is good for 

 late summer, a rare shade of coppery gold over- 

 laid with yellow. Another wonderful yellow 

 rose is the Duchess of Wellington. Redder than 

 flame is Gruss an Teplitz. For pale shell pink 

 nothing has yet excelled La France. 



In the Tea Rose class, Harry Kirk should 

 lead for the yellows, seconded by Marie Van 

 Houtte, a paler shade edged with pink. For 

 later summer and fall bloom William R. Smith 

 is good, although tender and requiring care. 



Of the Bengal roses, Hermosa is a popular 

 choice and can be massed in beds. Countess de 

 Cayla is another of this class, a coppery tone 

 shaded with orange. The blushing little Clo- 

 tilde Soupert is a tractable, densely petalled 

 hybrid Polyantha, generally classed as white. 

 Then there are Louise Walter, soft rose pink; 

 Orleans, with flowers red as geraniums, and 

 Yvonne Rabier, the babv white rambler. 



Roses should be given a place by themselves, and, where space permits, a special bed to each family. On the estate of Charles Harding 

 at Dedham, Mass., the queen of flowers has a regal and abundant spot — a formal garden walled in by high architectural lattice with seats 



and gates at the terminals of the paths. Guy Lowell, architect 



