March. 1918 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



73 



Purity Rose. A twin sister of Christine Wright has white flowers and a grace of habit 

 that captivates attention 



The pale pink double and fragrant blossoms 

 are very handsome,jboth in the garden and 

 when cut. 



At the national flower show in Philadelphia 

 and also at the New York show the silver 

 medal offered by the American Rose Society 

 for the best new Rose was awarded a clear, 

 bright sport of Dorothy Perkins which was 

 exhibited under the name of Elizabeth Ziegler 

 in honor of a daughter of William Ziegler, Jr. 

 of Connecticut. This Rose forces with better 

 color than Dorothy Perkins, which will make 

 it popular with large growers, and it also gives 

 promise of being a distinct acquisition for 

 garden culture. 



Christine Wright has the bright pink of the 

 Wild Rose, grows well and has large, dark 

 green foliage. It comes from a cross between 

 the popular Caroline Testout and an un- 

 named seedling. The new seedling America 

 also has the charm of the Wild Rose in its 

 dainty pink coloring, shading to white, fit 

 is exceedingly free flowering, judging from its 

 blooming habits at Woods Hole, and has the 

 special merit of holding its flowers in good 

 condition for a long time. It makes a very 

 strong growth and seems to be perfectly 

 hardy, as well as resistant to mildew. It is a 

 promising novelty. 



Daybreak is a pretty little pink Rose origin- 

 ated by the late Jackson Dawson, and I think 

 that no one now living knows its parentage. 

 It is not at all well known as yet, 

 but is an exceptionally good Rose to 

 train on walls and fences, being perfectly 

 hardy and making a vigorous, even rampant 

 growth. It is decorative in the house, too, 



when used in a mass. 

 No white climber 

 had met with special 

 favor among amateur 

 rose growers until Sil- 

 ver Moon was distri- 

 buted, but something 

 about the aptly chosen 

 name seems to have 

 appealed to the public 

 imagination and many 

 plants of this new and 

 really beautiful Rose 

 have been set out in 

 small as well as large 

 gardens. SilverMoon 

 isaWichuraianacross, 

 but has considerable 

 Cherokee blood, which 

 it might be assumed 

 would make it a little 

 tender. Yet I know 

 of plants near Boston 

 that have already 

 gone through three 

 winters. The flowers 

 of this Rose are re- 

 markable for their 

 size, often being four 

 and a half inches in 

 diameter, and the 

 bright yellow stamens 

 which fill the centre 

 make a fascinating 

 contrast to the silvery 

 white of the blossoms. 

 The large, glossy green 

 leaves carried until 

 late in the season 

 make this a very use- 

 ful pillar and pergola 

 Rose even when it is 

 not in bloom. 



An even finer white 

 climber, though, is 

 Purity, which won the silver medal at the 

 Hartford test garden in 1916. The Purity 

 Rose was one of four fertile seeds from the 

 crossing of an unnamed pink seedling with 

 Madam Caroline Testout. One of the seed- 

 lings was Christine Wright, which has already 

 been mentioned as ;a new pink variety, 

 and another was Purity, which, as the 

 name implies, is pure white. Having no 

 Cherokee blood, it 

 is somewhat hardier 

 than Silver Moon 

 and seems to have 

 about everymerit that 

 could be desired in 

 a white climber. Its 

 general appearance is 

 shown by the accom- 

 panying illustration. 



Mary Lovett is 

 another creation of 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet, 

 whose name has been 

 given to a pink Rose 

 already described. 

 Perhaps Mary Lovett 

 might be properly 

 called a white Dr. Van 

 Fleet, although its 

 popularity will never 

 be quite as great 

 probably, for the 

 Van Fleet was intro- 

 duced just when the 

 time was ripe for an 

 extra good soft pink 

 climber. Mary Lov- 



ett Rose is a hybrid of Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

 toria and the hardy wichuraiana, with the 

 natural result that it is well nigh mildew proof 

 and free from most other fungus troubles. 

 The flowers are large, pure white and borne 

 on long stems, making them highly desirable 

 for house decoration. This Rose blooms to 

 some extent in the fall as well as very freely 

 in the Spring and the foliage is ornamental 

 all the season. 



Yellow Climbers, like yellow Bush Roses in 

 general, have never found as much favor as 

 some of the other varieties, perhaps because 

 so few really good sorts have been produced. 

 Yellow Roses are likely to be too white or 

 else poor in form, but Aviateur Bleriot which 

 seems to be an improved yellow Rambler has 

 good color and is considered as hardy as 

 Dorothy Perkins. The flowers are double and 

 borne freely in loose clusters. This will prob- 

 ably be a popular Rose, yet it is doubtful if it 

 will supercede the older Gardenia, which is 

 really a fine yellow Rambler. Another new 

 yellow Rose which is being reported on very 

 favorably in different parts of the country is 

 Professor Sargent, a fine, free flowering 

 climber that is showing up well wherever 

 planted. 



Alberic Barbier is a yellow Rose which is 

 very easy to grow and seems to flourish in al- 

 most any fairly sunny situation. It is a good 

 variety to grow on fences and over summer 

 houses, and is free from mildew, but it is al- 

 most too light colored to be wholly satisfac- 

 tory for intimate acquaintance. Goldfinch 

 is a fairly recent English Rambler with good 

 foliage and semi-double, lemon yellow flowers 

 borne in clusters. 



A particularly interesting new climber and 

 one that is attracting considerable attention, 

 especially among lady gardeners, is Wich- 

 Moss, a pretty hybrid the parentage of which 

 is indicated by its name. The Moss Rose 

 Salet was chosen for the cross with the hardy 

 R. wichuraiana and the result is what is prac- 

 tically a Climbing Moss Rose. The color is 

 a light pink when the flowers first open, the 

 reverse of the petals being a darker shade. 

 The blossoms are sweetly scented and the 

 mossing upon them is very attractive. The 

 bush makes a fairly vigorous growth and 

 while Wich-Moss is not showy, it is a delight- 

 ful addition to the list of newer Climbers 

 worth getting acquainted with. 



Wich-Moss Rose, the origin of which is clearly set forth in the name, is in effect a 

 climbing counterpart of the old time Moss with shiny foliage 



