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same nursery. The April i st planting did superbly that year, 

 and the plants were established most happily; the later 

 planting looked sick where the Roses were alive, as too many 

 of them were not ! 



Possibly I have found a reason for the difference. Trans- 

 planting a home-grown Van Fleet seedling on March 12th, 

 last year's abnormal spring following a nearly minus winter, 

 1 hit upon a condition of soil moisture which permitted the 

 lifting of the plant with every root intact, and with earth cling- 

 ing to every root fibre. I observed that the little white root- 

 hairs, which we are told are the active agents for food assimil- 

 ation, were more than a half-inch long, and in vigorous growth. 



Now, under ordinary conditions of digging, these tender 

 root-hairs would have been stripped off, leaving the roots bare. 

 Is it not probable that such stripping may so weaken the root 

 action as to check the growth of the plant? That is, the plant 

 set after the suggested critical date is not dormant, though it 

 may show little or no swelling of the buds — if my theory is cor- 

 rect. I shall at least assume its accuracy in my Rose plantings 

 until proof that I am in error is provided. 



Blooms We Enjoy in the Fall 



THE June bloom of Roses is a great event in any good gar- 

 den. Breeze Hill has in addition to the sixty-odd varieties 

 of hardy Climbing Roses about as many Hybrid-teas and Hy- 

 brid-perpetuals. When the full show is in process, any one 

 flower is relatively unimportant, and one does not expect it to 

 be lasting. 



But the far fewer blooms that come in September and Octo- 

 ber are different. The superb Druschkis are regal in size, and 

 they are good in their warm whiteness for days. The Hybrid- 



teas open slowly but endure long, and each one seems a real 

 rose event. 



I find that if cut as they are expanding, they will open very 

 perfectly in the house, and there give great pleasure. For ex- 

 ample, one late September morning I cut a great stem of Duch- 

 ess of Wellington bearing three good buds, one of them showing 

 strongly the red reflex to the outside petals characteristic of 

 this good Rose. All opened slowly and beautifully, giving 

 us two days of decoration in the centre of the dining table. On 

 the third day, they were wide and flat, and suggested gigantic 

 flowers of a semi-double ecru Japanese Anemone rather than 

 Roses. 



Miss Cynthia Forde is another of these fall bloomers that 

 develops slowly and beautifully, and Lady Ursula and Mme. 

 Abel Chatenay are even better. Columbia does well, but not 

 as well as those mentioned, nor as Ophelia. That Rose with the 

 outrageous name, General-Superior Arnold Janssen, is as fine 

 in the fall as is Red Radiance (the Gude sort, not the Pierson 

 sort, remember!) That aggravating, lovely, awkward, and 

 captivating deep scarlet beauty with another outrageous name 

 ■ — Chateau de Clos Vougeot — glows in the house as its buds ex- 

 pand, and has the advantage of exquisite perfume. 



My Hybrid-teas were rather good last fall, despite the black- 

 spot ravages. I had every diseased leaf picked off and burned, 

 and the plants were thoroughly dusted while wet with dew with 

 Doctor Massey's black-spot and mildew prescription of sulphur 

 nine parts and lead arsenate one part. This was in finely 

 powdered form, and applied with the Corona duster, Mildew 

 is entirely controlled, and black-spot almost so. Aphis was 

 controlled all summer by a two-inch mulch of tobacco stems, 

 which also keep the ground cooler than it would otherwise have 

 been. 1 cherish every one of these lovely fall Roses. 



NEW ROSES OF 1920-1921 



t 5JHE following names have been registered with the 

 American Rose Society during the two years named, 

 and the descriptions are taken from the Society's 

 "Annual," 1921, with additions to the end of the year 

 from the Secretary's office. 



Eugenia, Per. Sport of Mme. Edouard Herriot. Like Mme. 

 Edouard Herriot except that blooms are flecked or striped with 

 yellow. (H. L. Collier.) 



America, H. T. Rose Premier X Hoosier Beauty. Bud 

 long-pointed; flower immense, very lasting, rose-pink; fragrant. 

 Foliage large, dark green. Vigorous; very free bloomer. Thorn- 

 less. Resembles Columbia, but superior in color and form of 

 bud. (E. G. Hill.) 



Miss Amelia Gude, H. T. (Forcing). Columbia X Sunburst. 

 Bud long-pointed; flower medium size (35 to 40 petals), lasting, 

 outer petals reflexing; deep yellow centre, shading to cream; 

 fragrant. Foliage very handsome dark green. Very vigorous; 

 upright; very free bloomer; hardiness not tested. Similar to 

 Sunburst, but smaller bud. (Fred H. Lemon & Co.) 



Angelus, H. T. (Forcing). Columbia X Ophelia. Flower 

 large, full (40 to 45 petals), form similar to Premier but higher 

 centre, lasting; white, cream tint at centre; fragrant. Foliage 

 dark green, disease-resistant. Vigorous; upright; free bloomer. 

 Hardiness not tested. Similar to Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 

 but more double; blooms in winter, and keeps longer. (Fred H. 

 Lemon & Co.) 



Rotarian, H. T. (Forcing). Ophelia X unknown pollen 

 parent. Bud long-pointed; flower large, full (35 to 40 petals), 

 lasting, high centre, reflexed outer petals; bright cherry crimson; 

 fragrant. Foliage dark green with red tips. Vigorous ; upright ; 

 free bloomer. Similar to Frank W. Dunlop, but free from mil- 

 dew, has stronger stems, with color brighter, and does not blue. 

 (Fred H. Lemon & Co.) 



Red Columbia, H. T. Sport of Columbia. Similar to Colum- 

 bia, but not so full and of a brilliant scarlet color, like Hoosier 

 Beauty; very lasting. Free bloomer. (Jos. H. Hill Co.) 



Betty Alien, H. Poly. (?). Origin confused. Flower single, 

 apple-blossom pink, changing to white; borne in clusters. Foli- 

 age glossy, dark green. Vigorous. Hardy. (R. & J. Farqu- 

 har Co.) 



Beacon Belle, H. Poly. (?). Origin confused. Similar to 

 Betty Alden, but flowers very double and close; flesh color, 

 becoming pure white when mature; slight fragrance. (R. & J. 

 Farquhar Co.) 



Bos ton Beauty, H. Poly. (?). Origin confused. Flower full, 

 double, clear pink, borne in clusters; very fragrant. Foliage 

 leathery, dark green. Vigorous. Hardy. (R. & J. Farquhar Co.) 



Oregon Ophelia, H. T. Sport of Ophelia. Flower and bud 

 similar in shape to Ophelia, semi-globular, full (56 petals), light 

 pink shading to yellow at base; fragrance same as Ophelia. 

 Foliage dark green, practically disease-proof. Vigorous; up- 

 right; very profuse and continuous bloomer. Hardy. (Clarke 

 Bros.) 



Legion, H. T. Milady seedling X Hadley seedling. Bud 

 well-shaped, globular; flower large, full (42 to 48 petals), lasting, 

 cerise red throughout; fragrant. Foliage large, glossy, reddish 

 green, not subject to mildew. Vigorous; very profuse bloomer; 

 hardy. Originally named American Legion, but changed be- 

 cause objected to by association of that name. (Edward 

 Towill.) 



IViUiam Wright Walcott, H. T. (Forcing,) Sport of Richmond 

 X Ophelia. Outer petals deep pink, inner light; fragrant; 45 

 to 56 petals, Good winter rose. (Robert T. McGorum.) 

 Silver Wedding, H. T., Ophelia Sport, same as Ophelia with 

 cream colored foliage, red tinge on young growth. (Albert F. 

 Amling Co.) 



