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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1911 



Poultry, Kennel and Live Stock Directory In . foi ™ ation ab ° ut the . 



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Are Tree or Standard Roses Any 

 Good? 



TREE or standard roses, such as are illustrated 

 herewith, cost a great deal more than bush 

 roses and bear fewer flowers. What inducement, 

 then, is there to cultivate them, especially as they 

 are not hardy in America and have to be taken up 

 every autumn and buried over winter? 



Some believe that standard roses bear larger 

 flowers. It is true that in England they will often 

 bear a few fine flowers fit for exhibition, but their 

 garden effect in America is usually very disap- 

 pointing. Even in England standard roses die 

 by the thousand, and in America they have such 

 weak tops that they look ridiculous. 



The only excuse for existence which standard 

 roses have, in my opinion, is that they are sup- 

 posed to harmonize with architectural lines. 

 Unfortunately, their stems are never absolutely 



Tree, or standard, roses have little value for Ameri- 

 can gardens because they need such care over winter 



straight and their stakes are unsightly, so that they 

 generally give a feeling of weakness, poverty and 

 pretense to American gardens, especially small 

 ones, in which they seem to ape the fashions of the 

 rich. 



If they bloomed all summer there would be more 

 sense in them, but they do not and when out of 

 bloom are unsightly. It is very important to break 

 the flatness of American gardens but I believe this 

 can be better done by means of surrounding walls 

 and arbors, by summer houses and fountains. 

 From time immemorial bay trees in tubs have 

 been used to get height in gardens without robbing 

 the flowers, and in my opinion they are far more 

 dignified than the standard roses. 



"Roses and How to Grow Them" says: "They 

 fit formal gardens only and are effective for an 

 'avenue' effect on the sides of the principal walk. 

 As ordinarily grown, standard roses are not suc- 

 cessful in our gardens as they suffer from bark 

 scald in summer and they die in winter." Those 

 who have a legitimate use for standard roses should 

 see that they are grafted upon the dog rose and have 

 the stems wrapped in moss in summer. At the 

 approach of winter the plants must be dug up and 

 buried in trenches about eighteen inches deep. 



New Jersey. Thomas McAdam. 



