ROSE 



ROSE 



1561 



SniaUer flotcereiL 

 C. Habit clhnbiiuj . 



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Nuisrite 

 U;. Anrshirr 

 17. Pohhuilha 



Wiclniraiana FIvltrids 

 Of. EablU}n-arf,hushii.\^. Pcrpifinil Brier's 

 Kim-osa 

 Liu-ida 

 31i<'n.|.hvl]a 

 Rl'vI" fldifolia 

 Souteli 

 BB. FnUu.;.: more or h.ss 



persistent VJ. £r< nm- )> 



Mru-iu-Uu-y 

 "NVirliuraiuua 



GardfU-LTroup 1. Prorenr, . Fragrant: nratiL-bing or 

 pendiik'us: ris. LCc'ueraliy ,ij;lobular: J:uliaL;-e bold, broad, 

 wrinkled, deeply serrate : priekles uncertain ; sonietinn-s 

 line and straiirlit, sometimes coarse and liooketl. Kivh 

 •^oii. Prune cl'i"-ely unless Vfry vigorous, TApes are 

 ]\Ivi--s Ru~e. a crested form <it' tlie Pruvence iFi--. JlTiTi. 

 PoiiiiM.)n, a dwart gruup: '■u|iped flower.--. See also Xi>, 

 8. Snlphurea. an uudesii-al)le yellow f'.rui of dillii-uit 

 culti\'atiun. 



Uarden-group 2. The I><n>n>sk ami Frmrh. Tlaiuask 

 Roses are fragrant: growth robust; spinous: l\s. liL^lit 

 green, downy, curiaceous. Hardy: free -flowering: 

 scent destroyed un dryin::-. 



Frencii Roses: Fragrant (inoderat-dy i : more ujiri^iit 

 and compact iu growth tliau the )-'n>veni-r : ]irirk!os 

 smaller and fewer: fis. u^-n. -rally llai. \"ery bard v. 

 growing in any soil; petals bh.-'arli in -irontr sunliglit: 

 makes abundance of wood, wliirb sIimuM be iliiiUMil out; 

 perfume develops in the drie<l petals. 



Hybrid French or Hybrid Provence, a L-s roluist 

 group with smoother. short-,ioiute<l wooil and ,L;oncr- 

 ally light-colored flowers. Type Prim-ess Clenu-ntine. 

 Other subdivisions inchnb- liybri<ls with nearly all of 

 the Perpetual group. Madame Plantier is a Hybrid 

 Noisette. Conpe d'Hebe is a Hybrid Bourbon. 



Hybrid China (China x French ami Provence, par- 

 taking more of those parents). Growth more diffuse 

 than the French Rose; foliage smooth, shinitiLT and 

 remains on the bush late in the yi-Av: thorns nu- 

 merous and strong. Vigorous of t^'owth : very hardy, 

 and generally well adapted to poor si.il: requires but 

 little pruning. 



Garden-group 3. Alba, or WJiife 7^V^sv.^. A very 

 distinct group: alt liirhT-i-idured flowers of moderate 



2168. American Beauty Rose ' K -^4'. 



Probably the most famous Rose now CTiltiv,-it(;'il in Anieri'-a. 



One of The Hybrid i-*erpetual class. 



size: leaf whitisli al.)0V(% doep green below: spineless 

 (some hybrids with i.-ther grouj^s are very thoniyi. of 

 free growth: prune closely. T\'pe. Felecite Parmontier 

 and Maiden's Blush. 



Harden-group 4. Aj/rs],lr-\ Climbim,' Roses; verv 

 hardy: slender shoots suitable for Trellis, -s ami trunk'^ 

 of trees; fls. ]>rod ueed simrly. Usoful for iHit (•ulti\-a- 

 tion when trained <iver a fraiue; fls, v;irv from white to 



A popiihii- n. 



2169. Paul Neyron ( \ ^ ■_. ' . 

 rnl,,rrd variety <>t the Hybrid Perpetual typp 



deep crimson. Ty]M-. Queen of the Belgians, Dundee 

 Rambler. Ru^^a is a hvbrid between this group and one 

 of tin- Teas; fra-i-ant." 



Garden-grouii .".. JJriers. Under this heading may l)e 

 grouped most of the well-detiiird typos of garden Roses, 

 mostly small-flowered ami wliirh do not readily respond 

 to high cultivation. They are more useful as flowering 

 slirnbs in tlie i^arden than for cut-flowers. The blooms 

 are generally slmrt-lived. 



Austrian or Yellow Briers. :Small leaflets: solitary 

 flowers: Vtark chocolate-brown. Very hardy, but re- 

 (piire pure air and dry soil; will stand very little 

 pruning, producing flowi-rs from the upper ends of 

 tlio old WMod. Types, Harisoni. Austrian Copper and 

 Persian Yellow. 



S<'oti;h or Spiny. This gr^aip is well recosfuized b\- 

 its excessive sfdnine^s ; the spines are also ^-erv 

 sharp ; comjia^t, low bushes, flowering aliundantly and 

 early: flowers small, double. ^lultiply by under- 

 ground suckers; frairrant. (Jne hybrid of this gre>u]), 

 Stanwell, is a Porpetiud. 



Sweetbrier. I")istiiii;uislied by the frairrance of its 

 leaves: the fruits are also di^ci.u-aTivc : f-diai^-e small : 

 flowers light-colored generally and not held of mu<di 

 account. 



Lord Penzance Briers. Thi-; is a Lir^up of hybrids 

 of L'. n'b;</i,,ns,/ (the Sweetlirier I. and tin- ohbu-'larLfc- 

 flowered varieties, espe-dally Bourbon and L*amask. 

 The results are hardly distributed in America as yet; 

 a few are to be found iu selei-t collections. Gemu'all.y 

 s]M'aking tliey maybe describted as A-ery greatly ini- 

 ]u-ov('il Swi-ctbriers. Brmida is partiriilarly desirable 

 for its fruit. 



I^rairie Ro^o > I,\ <ii--ti<_ii_ m 1. A nati^'o s]tecies; ]u-(nn- 

 isrs urider culTi\'ation to develc^p stuiie vahiable ai.'- 



