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ROSE 



KOSE 



leaflets and single flowers of a coppery 3'eK'ow color. It 

 is so hardy that it can brave the most rigorous climate 

 where man tills the soil. Persian Yellow, Haris^mii 

 and Copper are the most valiialtle vurii.-ries. Tliey 

 should be pruned sparingly. 



Hybrid C'linil)ing Roses. Tbesc are espt-cially useful 

 as pillar Roses. Tlie must valualile are (.'liiiihiu.i,' Jules 

 Margottin (See Fig. 2179, page 1307) and Glory ot (_'lies- 

 hunt. 



The Prairie Rose (H'osa .^vfifprd) is the liardiest of 

 climbers. This quality, with the rapidity aud Niyor of 

 growth, has given them a wider popuhirity than any 

 other climbers. The Gem of the Prairie is the only fra- 

 grant Prairie Rose. Baltimore Belk- (Pig. 21.-4) is the 

 least hardy but most beautiful. Otlier valual)Ie varie- 

 ties are: Queen of the Praii-ii-, Anna Marie and Triuiii- 

 phaut. The pruning knife sliould lie used sparingly. 



Hybrid China Rose ( Jt^osu (_'/i i musls forms): Many 

 Ros,-s cataloi^'Tii'd as Hybrid PfrjKduals i)roperly be- 

 long her<-. If Eilwaugt-r's suggoslion that all French, 

 Provencr, Uamask and Hylirid Hourbon lie gn.iupfd un- 

 der the Hybrid (_'hinas is adujited. Ri'se classitication will 

 lit.' much sirriplitied and little will be lost in aci.-nrai-y. 

 Madame Plantier is the best knuN\'u and nnist \'alu:dile 

 of all the group. 



Half-bardy Roses: Bourbon Rose {Ji'"-s<i I-Jmirhou- 

 iro): This group for the most jiart is composed of au- 

 tumnal bloomers. They are popular as garden Roses. 

 Hermosa is the freest bloomer. Ap])o]int' is the most 

 beautiful. George Peabody and Mahnaison are also (b.-- 

 servedly popular. The moderate growers of this grou]! 

 should be closely pruned. 



The Hybrid Noisette (Jiosa Nois.i'ttiit)i(i , var. In/hrhhi ) 

 has made several eontriluitious to the rosarian. The 

 least hardy but the most beautiful memliers of this 

 group are Madame Nomau, Mile. Bonnaire and Eliza 

 Boelle. Rivals in beauty aud more hardy are Co- 

 quette des Alpes, (.'oipiette des Blanches. The pruning 

 knife sluiuld not Ite siiared with this class. 



The Hyl)rid Tea Rose (Ii'osu Chhiviisis, vuri(.us 

 forms) is more hardy than the Tea Rose and less 

 luinly than the Hybrid Remontants. It is a grouj* 

 To have many additions in the not distant 

 future. La Fran<-e, Captain Christy, Kaiserin Au- 

 guste Victoria, (.'arojjne Testout and Liberty 

 are the best of this class. 



yome persons like to train Roses to a fe 

 canes and tie them to stakes (Fig. 217:1) 

 Another i)raetice is to luul them 

 hi.Lrh or 

 grow till 

 A m e r i 



the free-;,"ro\\ ni^ I ush 

 blooming fro m n< n 

 the .tirround (Fig 21"4 

 Edmund M Mji i s 



Another View oi Gai - 

 den Rose- Growing 

 Roses may be sue* ^ss 

 fully grown m -in\ soil 

 that will pr (Un ( t in 

 of ,i;-rain \ f ^i t i 

 blesorgrass. ( it iinh 

 tlir best result 

 obtained in tl 

 favorabl 

 nations, 

 who loves a 

 l)ossesses a t 

 groun<l with 



in 11 

 in eultivatin.i, tin t 

 of Mowers. Of a 

 the ideal .soil is i 1 

 a LT-nd Rose bed c: 

 sand or inr 

 labor. Even the 

 ei-n e 

 exbausi- " 



ill expense semre' sufbci 

 from the outskirts am. 



from the adjacent stables to make a Rose garden that 

 will grow as good plants and tlowers as those of his 

 more favored friends wlio have acres at their disposal, 

 provided always that the sunlight can reach the beds 

 for at h-ast half of tlie day. 



The preparation of the ground is the first step of 

 importance. Rinses abliur wet feet, and if the soil is 

 wet it must be thorouglily drained. This can he accom- 

 ldishe<l by digging out the bed to a dei)th of three feet 

 and tilling in one foot with broken stone, bricks, cinders 

 or anything that will allow a free passage of the water 

 through the soil. If this is not sufficient and the 

 water is not carried away, provision must be made for 

 tliis by tile-draining; hut, except in very extreme cases, 

 the drainage before mentioned will be found amply 

 sufficient. Tin? composition of the soil should depend 

 on the class of Roses to be grown, for the Hybrid 

 Remontants do best in a heavy soil containing "clay, 

 while tiiose having Tea l)lood prefer a lighter, warmer 

 soil. 



The beds may be made of any desired shape, but a 

 width of 4 ft. will usually be found the most satis- 

 lactory. as a doulde row can be planted at intervals of 

 2>2 ft., which will be all that is necessary for the 

 strongest growing varieties, and the blooms can be 

 gathered from each side without the necessity of tramp- 

 ling on the soil. Space may be economized by planting 

 as in the following diagram: 



The phmts will tlieji be 1 ft. fi-um the edge and 30 in. 

 apart, aud each plant will be fully exposed to the light 

 and ail- and will not interfere witli its neighbors. 



In preparing a bed on a lawn, the 

 sod and soil should first be entirely re- 

 moved and placed apart; then the best 

 of the subsoil may be taken out and 

 placed on the other side of the trench, 

 and, lastly, the portion to be discarded, 

 making in all a depth of at least 2 

 feet. The floor is then loosened to 

 the full depth of a pick-head, 

 the j^ood subsoil replaced and 

 mise.l with a generous dress- 

 ing of well-decomposed 

 stable manure; lastly 

 — — the surface soil and 



sod well broken up and 

 also thoroughly en- 

 riched with manure, 

 and the bed filled to 

 the level of the ad- 

 Joining surface with 

 enough good soil added 

 to replace the dis- 

 carded earth. When 

 the bed has settled the 

 surface should be at 

 least one inch below 

 that of the adjoining 

 sod, in order that all 

 the rainfall be re- 

 tained. The writer be- 

 lieves it to be a serious 

 mistake to make any 

 flower bed higher than 

 the ailjaceut surface, 

 as in hot weather the 

 s ul dues out and the plants suffer 

 fnr want of moisture. 



If the bed is intended for the hardy 

 Hybrid Perpetual or Remontant class, 

 ould contain a fair proportion of 

 clay well mixed with tlie soil. A suf- 

 Heient amount is always present in 

 what is known as a heavy loam. If 



st i'Oiiul;ir (if tlio Noiscttos. 

 Color yellow. 



