OTWIT H- 
STANDING its 
all world ap- 
peal and inter- 
est, many people in 
New England do not know that perfect 
Roses can be grown out-of-doors in their 
climate and that Roses are no more of a 
care than any other branch 
of gardening properly done. 
Almost every one has space 
for at least a small Rose 
garden and often more can 
be accomplished in a small 
backyard, if it is sheltered 
‘on the north by buildings or a 
brick wall, than in the more 
exposed open places. Even if 
you do not wish to take the 
trouble to give winter pro- 
tection but prefer to buy new 
stock each year, it would be 
worth while, for the cost of 
two-year dormant stock is 
not high. In my experience, 
this stock gives by far the 
quickest results. Pot-grown 
Roses have not been found 
as satisfactory for bedding 
purposes, because of a tend- 
ency to develop black spot. 
The Hybrid Tea, a strong 
growing dwarf, seems an 
ideal Rose for amateurs. It is fairly 
hardy, continuous in bloom, producing 
flowers of large size, on long stems; and 
there are many desirable varieties fur- 
nishing every shade and combination 
imaginable and with widely differing 
characteristics in growth and contour 
of flower. I prefer the budded plant, 
and those budded on Japanese multi- 
flora are to be given the preference if 
they can be secured. Some of our Rose 
specialists are using this stock for 
budding purposes and it is possible to 
obtain it, although it is not used ex- 
clusively. Roses budded 
on Manetti, the stock 
most generally used, 
especially by greenhouse 
growers, do nearly if 
not quite as well, but 
have to be looked over 
occasionally for suckers. 
Get standard or tree 
Roses on Dog Rose or 
rugosa. 
A few varieties stand out 
from the general list of 
Hybrid Teas in being dis- 
tinetly superior all around 
Roses, which will give more 
and better blooms under 
given conditions than most 
of the others. After testing 
many varieties it seems best 
to mention in this article 
only those which have been 
satisfactory in this climate; 
first,in quality and quantity 
of bloom; second, in vigor 
of growth and beauty of 
foliage, and third, in hardi- 
ness. Mr. George C. Thomas, 
Outdoor Roses for Northern Gardens 
HAROLD J. STAPLES, Maine 
[EpiTor’s NoTE.—This account is based on an experience of seventeen years, and should 
be an encouragement to those who live in cold Northern regions. 
south are more favored and can plant earlier and get flowers accordingly. The prin- 
ciples of practice are universal, so this article will help Rose amateurs everywhere. | 
Jr., in his excellent book, “The Practical Book 
of Outdoor Rose Growing,” gives a list of six- 
teen best all around Roses for the Middle 
States, many, if not all of which, should prove 
of equal value farther north. By proper pro- 
tection is is possible to winter most of the 
Hybrid Teas and some of the hardier Teas in 
this climate and by going to some extra ex- 
pense and trouble the list might be added to 
almost indefinitely. 
The Wichuraiana hybrids will make a quick growth anywhere, even on light sandy soils 
Two Hybrid Perpetuals head the list of pop- 
ular favorites. They are a little more hardy 
than the Hybrid Tea and these two bloom 
almost if not quite as well. They are Mrs. R. G. 
Sharman-Crawford and Frau Karl Druschki. 
Mrs. Crawford is a clear pink fragrant flower 
on a long stem. It is beautiful as a bud and of 
good form in the full blown Rose, a good keeper 
and effective when massed in a bouquet. Frau 
Karl Druschki is unquestionably the best white 
Rose known and like Mrs. Crawford blooms 
through the summer. It is of fine pointed 
form, very double, but without fragrance. Its 
foliage is very noticeable and unusual, being a 
thick glossy green, in striking contrast to the 
white blooms. 
Killarney is one of the best pink Hybrid Teas 
The Rose garden should be suitably framed because of its color display and to shelter the plants 
from winds : 
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People who are farther 
for the garden. The color 
is a soft light pink, the 
bud long and pointed, the 
fragrance delicious, a 
semi-double flower of 
large size, measuring five 
or six inches across when fully open, and re- 
sembling a giant wild Rose. ‘The foliage has 
the beautiful reddish color of the Tea, the 
growth is rapid, and it is a constant bloomer. 
There is an improved Killarney 
called Killarney Brilliant which 
is a darker pink and also a White 
Killarney; these have the same 
general habits of the original. 
The one criticism of this Rose is 
that it is likely to mildew toward 
the end of the summer if there is 
much moisture in the air. 
Another pink Rose of ver 
special merit is My Maryland. 
This was originally grown for 
cut-flowers but has proved an ex- 
cellent bedding Rose and cer- 
tainly one of our most beautiful 
pinks The color is a clear peach- 
lossom pink, it is of large size 
with a high pointed centre, very 
double; the fragrance is most ex- 
uisite and distinct. While it 
oes not bloom quite as profusel 
as Killarney, it is choicer possi- 
bly for that very reason. 
Lady Ashtown is a highly de- 
sirable pink Rose of excellent 
color and form, and a free 
bloomer with long stiff stems, but 
it has little or no fragrance. 
However, it is always in bloom 
. . , and since it has great keeping 
quality it is one of the best for cut flowers in 
the house. 
Laurent Carle is perhaps the best dark red 
Hybrid Tea. The shade is a rich crimson, it is 
large, very double, of good form, and very 
fragrant. It is a free bloomer and much ad- 
mired; with every one who loves red Roses this 
will surely head the list. 
General McArthur is another satisfactory 
Red, a shade more on the scarlet than Laurent 
Carle but a more profuse bloomer. It is not a 
large Rose but of very good shape, fragrant, 
and a good keeper. 
_ Harry Kirk, listed by some as a Hybrid Tea, 
is really a Tea but of extra strong growth and 
very hardy. It sends up immense canes and 
blooms very freely all through the summer and 
fall. It is one of the best 
yellow Roses, a deep sulphur 
yellow, semi-double, and 
very fragrant. It should be 
picked in bud form. Mrs. 
Aaron Ward and Souv. de 
Gustave Prat are both good 
yellow Roses. The latter is 
the most perfect yellow Rose 
on the list in color, form and 
‘keeping quality, but it is a 
shy bloomer. 
Mrs. B. R. Cant should be 
in every garden; it is a large 
light pink Tea Rose, tinted 
with yellow at the base of 
the petals; a strong grower 
and a lavish and consistent 
bloomer giving three full 
crops of flowers. It is more 
globular in form than most 
of the Teas, but a charming 
Rose with the real Tea 
fragrance. 
La Tosca is a Hybrid Tea 
strongly resembling Mrs. 
Cant in color and size but it 
is a stronger grower and 
makes a large bush which 
needs to be severely pruned. 
