ROSE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA 



Now, of course, your catalogue would tell you all the 

 details, but by the time you have read the descriptions of the 

 cataloguer you are bewildered and do not know what you 

 want any more positively, perhaps less so, than when you 

 began. It's strange how profuse those cataloguers are with 

 adjectives and adverbs, that make one rose appear as desir- 

 able as another! You have space for two dozen rose 

 bushes we will say. Then have at least two of a kind, in 

 order that you may have enough buds of one kind for deco- 

 rating. You may wish to have even more of some favorite. 

 White buds are always in demand, and when not desirable 

 to use exclusively, make combinations possible. So then 

 try Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, with splendid large buds 

 and full flowers like camellias. I have fallen victim also 

 to the charms of the white La France, Augustine Guinoi- 

 seau, delicious in perfume and charming for bouquets. 

 The Nephetos is well known and has delicate long-pointed 

 buds. It is not very strong in growth. Now, for pink 

 buds, nothing can excel in beauty or profuseness Maman 

 Cochet, one of the best field roses in this section, a heavy 

 constant bloomer, with long fine buds of a pearl-pink color. 



Another pink rose very good for baskets, and a profuse 

 bloomer, is Madam Lambard, showy pink in color, with 

 rather round buds. Madam C. Testout is an improved 

 La France that does good work in our climate. Of the red 

 and crimson roses none has yet taken the place of Papa 

 Gontier, with its splendid buds and good habits. The 

 Princess of Teck will take the place in a measure of the old 



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