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ROSCOEA 



ROSE 



purple, blue or yellow tls. terminating the leafy stems. 

 Lvs. lanceolate or ohloiig; tls. in terminal, usually few- 

 fid, spikes; bracts persistent, l-fld. ; calyx long-tubular, 

 slit down one side; coroUa-tubt- slender, as long as 

 calyx or louf^er; lateral segments spreading; lateral 

 stauiinodes oldanceolate, petainid; lip lar::'^. cuneate. 

 detlexed, 2-cleft or emarginate. 



purptlrea, Sm. Stem H-1 ft. high, with 0-6 sessile. 

 laiK.-i-ulate, sheathing Ivs. about (1 in. long: tis. few, pur- 

 ple, rarely lilac or white, in a sessile spikt*. appearing 

 one at a time in midsumrm.-r. i^..K. 27:ni. B.M. 4G30. 

 L.B.C. 15:1404. G.C 111. ,s:l!)l.-The nuist hardy spe- 

 cies of tlie genus. Var. Sikkimensis, Hurt. Elwes {R. 

 Silckun>^iisis, Van Tuhergen). is said to differ in having 

 the epipliytic habit and more numerous Us. of a different 

 shade. <.'nnsult Q.C. III. 8:221. p_ ^v_ EJakolav. 



ROSE (see also Rns,/). TIk' article Rusi- will probal.ly 

 br consulted oftem r than any <itlipr in this (_'yi-lu|M'dia. 

 Therefore, the yuhjrrr is pi-csrnrcd fmni many iM>ini> 

 of view, even at thr ri^-k of n-pctitiun. Every pains 

 has been taken to i)nK-urf reliable iufurnuition auii aib 

 vice from specialists in the diflVrent parts of tin- suh- 

 ject. It has been said that rlir garden K'osc dni's mit 

 thrive in North Ann-rii-a a>> it does in Eiini|ir; hut Imw- 

 ev.-r true this may havL^ lieen. it scarcely holds to-day. 

 'i'lio success (.if the Rose in this ci.iuntry is very largely 

 a '[upstion of the sLdection of adaptable varieties. These 

 varieties are mostly the compounds of various types and 

 species. lu most garden Roses it is now impossible to 

 trace the original siipcii-'s with accuracy. Fur horticul- 

 tural purposes, a i-urdy botanical classilication is of 

 minor consequence, although, in the main, the leading 

 garden-gruups follow old specilic lines. For a garden 

 classiticatiou that follows botanical lines closely, see 

 Baker in C-lardener's Chronicle. U. 24, p. 109 (I8S5J. 



The leading contemporaneons American text on the 

 Rose is EUwanger's. American Rose Itooks are: "The 

 Rose Manual." Robert Buist, Philadelpliia, 1844, and 

 later editions; "Manual of Roses," William Robert 

 Prince. Xew York. IS4(;; "The Rose," Saumel Parsons. 

 New York, 1847. and later editions; "American Rose 

 ('ulturist," New York. IHr.C; "P.ook of Roses," Francis 

 l^arkman, Boston, I8()(i; "The Rose," Henry Shaw, St. 

 Louis. 1882; "The Rose," H. B. Ellwanger, New York. 

 1882, 2d ed. 1892; "Secrets of Rose Culture," W. .1. 

 Hatton, Pluntington, N. Y., 1891. For a list of Rose 

 books in all languages, see "Bibliogratia de la Rosa.'' 

 by Vergara, Madrid." 18'J2. 



Folhiwing are the e(piivalents of some of the common 

 names of Koses : 



Avrsjiire /?. arri'iisls, var. mpreoJata' 



Banks Ko.se 7/. Ii»i i<ksi,.r^. 



Bengal 1\. CJiineii.sis. 



Bourbon R. Borbon ica . 



Champuey B. Noisettiana. 



Cherokee 7^. kevigata. 



Cinnamon B. cinnamonwa. 



Damask B. I)amascena, 



Dog B. rauiiia. 



Eglantine B. riilii<ii.ho>!(i . 



Memorial B, \Vi'-)i urainiui . 



Moss /]', (,'</ //ico., var. )ii ?(.sce.sct. 



Musk B. iHnsrha/a. 



Noisette B. Snis^.'ffioua . 



Prairie B. sr/l^/.^ra . 



ProveU'M.' /,*. 0'<fn/c'i. 



Scotch B. si)iiiOs/>;.^iin(( . 



Sweetbrier B. ruh/i/inos,! . 



Tea B. Chliicusis.Ynr. fnt grans. 



L. H. B. 



Horticultural Classification of Roses.— The garden 

 classiticatiou of R(.srs jiresctds .-onsiderable difhculty, 

 as the several groui)s have brrn so njurh mixed that 

 the original characteristics of racli overlap at nearly all 

 points. This is pai-th-nlarly trui- of the Perpetuals, <.f 

 which any close classification is impossible. The difli- 

 culties increase as one atlviiuces. Certain clear-cut 

 <-liaracters may be taken to mark certain distinct groni.s 

 in the summer Kosps. witli whicli the horticulturist h;is 

 not iiusied himself so much. NpaT'l\' all of these char- 



acters are reproduced in the Perpetuals, and, being 

 blended together, give rise to endless confusion; thus 

 the following scheme is merely suggestive and should 

 he studied in comparison witli the botanical classifi- 

 cation (see page 1548). 



American Rose culture, so far as garden varieties are 

 con<-erned, can hardly he said to have found itself as 

 yet. Our growers are to-day striving to overcome the 

 shitrt-lived character of the blooms, so as to import into 

 our gardens something of the Rose beauty of Europe. 

 The \Vichuraiana, Rugosa, and Multiflora Roses, com- 

 bined with our native species and blended again with the 

 best representatives of the garden groups already grown, 

 seem to offer the solution. The beginning has already 

 been made. The hot sun and trying climatic conditions 

 of our summers are fatal to the full beauties of the 

 Roses of France and England. The flower is developed 

 so quickly that it has no opportunity to "buihl" itself; 

 and once developed it fades as rapidly. What has been 

 done for other Horists' tlowers remains yet to be aceom- 

 idlshed for the Hose, and the American Rose of the 

 future will have to l>e developed to suit the circum- 

 stances in the same way that the American carnation 

 has been produced. A special societj' has been formed 

 to foster this work and is now in its third year of exis- 

 tence. 



Class I. Summer -iloweriaa; Roses, blooming once only. 



A. Large -flowered (double). 



B . Gro ivth bra nch I n g or 



p e )t d II I a s : leaf 



ivr'nil-h'd 1. Prowiiee 



Moss 

 Pompon 

 Sulphurea 

 BB. Groirtli firm a nd rn- 



hitsf : laaf doirnij .. 2. Damask and French 

 Hybrid French 

 Hybrid Provence 

 Hybrid Bourbon 

 Hybrid China 

 BBB. GrOH'fh free: leaf 

 IV h i f i s li a h (I r e , 



spineh'ss ?,. A Iba 



A A . ,S;/; '/ / / floive red {single 

 (did double). 

 B. Growth climbing: fls. 



produced singly.... 4. Ai/rshlre 

 BB. Growth short -jointed, 

 gent'ralhf , except in 



Alpine .5. Briers 



Austrian 

 Scotch 

 Sweet 

 Penzance 

 Prairie 

 Alpine 

 BBB. Growth climbing: fls. 



in clusters G. Multiflora 



Polyantha 

 BBBB. Growth free : fi'lia,je 

 persistent ( more or 



^cs-.s-, shinij 7. Evergreen 



Sempervirens 

 Wichuraiana 

 Cherokee 

 Banksian 

 BBBBB. Groirlh free : foliage 



ivri nkh'd 8. Bom j>on 



Class II. Summer- and autumn-flowering" Roses, bloom- 

 ing- more or less continuously. 



A. Large-fh'wcred. 



B. Foliage very nnigJi . , . 9. Biibrid Perpetual 

 HI. Jh/brid Tea 

 1\. Jfoss 



hh. Foliagv rough 12. Itoiirhon 



i::. Hourbon Pcrprtnal 



BU]'.. F'diiup suiooll, 14. China 



Tea 



Liiwrenceana. (Fairy) 



