THE GARDEN BOOK OF CALIFORNIA 



pletely killed in its color scheme by having too many climb- 

 ing roses of varying colors in the foreground. 



On my olive-green cottage I have varieties of white 

 climbing roses, some of which have just a delicate shade of 

 pink in their hearts. Near the rear of the house is a Reine 

 Marie Henriette, which has climbed over the eaves and on 

 the roof, and there is scarcely a day in the year when there 

 is not a vivid and most effective mass of color against the 

 gray of the shingles. 



A very popular climber of good blooming quality is 

 Reve d'Or, a buff rose. William Allen Richardson is a 

 rich orange-yellow that deserves attention. Madam A. 

 Carriere is pearly white, with long stems. It has good foli- 

 age, and is one of the most constant bloomers I know. 

 Claire Jacquire is a good climbing polyantha of deep orange 

 color, and thornless; while for garden-house or trellis no 

 better rose can be conceived than our own California pro- 

 duction, "The Beauty of Glazenwood," with its exquisite 

 shadings in pink and yellow. 



Now a rose is a rose to me, and I must confess that I 

 get absolute satisfaction and joy from roses like the Gloire 

 de Rosemane, and an infinite amount of pleasure from con- 

 templation of the old-fashioned cabbage rose, with its 

 heavy penetrating fragrance that brings pictures of far-away 

 homes of childhood; but there are growers limited in space 

 who will wish to know just the sorts that will be most avail- 

 able and desirable for cutting and that can be depended 

 upon for fine buds for decorative purposes. 



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