ROSE 397 
Varieties of roses. 
The selection of kinds should be made in reference to the locality 
and purpose for which the roses are wanted. For bedding roses, those 
that are of free-blooming habit, even though the individual flowers 
are not large, are the ones that should be chosen. For permanent 
beds, the so-called hybrid perpetual or remontant roses, blooming prin- 
cipally in June, will be found to be hardy at the North. But if one 
can give them proper protection during the winter, then the Bengal, 
tea, bourbon, and hybrid teas or everblooming roses, may be selected. 
In sections where the temperature does not fall below 20° above 
zero, any of the monthly roses will live without protection. At 
the South the remontants and other deciduous roses do not do as well 
as farther North. The tender climbers — Noisettes, climbing teas, 
bengals, and others — are excellent for pillars, arbors, and verandas 
at the South, but are fit only for the conservatory in those parts of 
the country where there is severe freezing. For the open air at the 
North we have to depend for climbing roses mainly on the prairie 
climbers, and the ramblers (polyanthas), with their recent pink and 
white varieties. The trailing Rosa Wichuraiana is also a useful addi- 
tion as an excellent hardy rose for banks. 
For the northern states a choice small list is as follows: hybrid 
perpetuals, Mrs. John Laing, Wilder, Ulrich Bruner, Frau Karl 
Druschki, Paul Neyron; dwarf polyanthas, Clothilde Soupert, Madame 
Norbert Levavasseur (Baby Rambler), Mlle. Cecile Bruner; hybrid teas, 
Grus an Teplitz, La France, Caroline Testout, Kaiserin Victoria, Kil- 
larney; teas, Pink Maman Cochet, White Maman Cochet. 
The following classified lists embrace some of the varieties of recog- 
nized merit for various purposes. There are many others, but it is 
desirable to limit the list to a few good kinds. The intending planter 
should consult recent catalogues. 
Free-blooming monthly roses for bedding. — These are recommended 
not for the individual beauty of the flower — although some are very 
fine — but because of their suitability for the purpose indicated. If 
to be carried over winter in the open ground, they need to be protected 
north of Washington. In beds, pegging down the branches will be 
found desirable. Those starred (*) have proved hardy in southern 
Indiana without protection, although they are more satisfactory with 
