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THE BEGINNER'S GARDEN BOOK 



its flowers, while the foliage has at all times the delicate 



odor. All these flower but once, in early summer. 



The best garden roses are the hybrid perpetual class, 



which, like the rugosa and the climbers mentioned, are very 



hardy. They 



make beautiful 

 blossoms, coming 

 mostly in June ; 

 afterwards scat- 

 teringly through 

 the rest of the 

 summer, if each 

 cane is cut off near 

 its base as soon as 

 its flowers have 

 gone. Their col- 

 ors are red (Ulrich 

 Brunner, General 

 Jacqueminot), 

 pink (Mrs. John 

 Laing, Baroness 

 Rothschild), and 

 white (Frau Carl 

 Druschki, Gloire 

 Lyonnaise). 

 These roses are 

 pretty sure to 



survive poor treatment, but they will not do their best 



unless given good care. 



Less easy to grow are the hybrid teas, for though their 



blossoms are lovelier, the plants are likely to winter-kill. 



Unless one is willing to give much care, they had best be 



let alone. Their great advantage is that when once they 



Fig. 112. — A spray of climbing rose. 



