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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The Damask York and Lancaster Rose, pale 

 mind, sufficient directions for which will be found below: 



HYBRID TEAS 



Bessie Brown, shell pink, large, fragrant, very hardy; 

 Chateau de Clos Vougeot, a new fiery red, fine flowers, 

 blooms all season, exceptionally hardy; General McArthur, 

 one of the most vivid crimson scarlets; Gruss An Teplitz, 

 "reddest of all Red Roses," strong grower; Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria, white, shading to lemon, best of its color; Killarney, 

 brilliant pink, very free bloomer and very hardy; La France, 

 clear pink, satiny finish; "most popular Rose in the world"; 

 The Lyon, new, deep coral pink, verging to yellow; one of 

 the best Roses in the world; Melody, a splendid yellow, of 

 recent introduction. Mme. Segond JVebber, salmon pink, 

 best of its class, fine for cutting; Mrs. Aaron Ward, deep 

 golden orange, extra free blooming; Otto Von Bismark, 

 soft silver-pink, extra strong; Robert Huey, large, bright 

 red, free and continuous bloomer; W. R. Smith, new ivory 

 white, shaded pink, very fine, extra hardy; White Killarney, 

 pure white, one of the very best. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS 



Baron de Bonsetten, very dark crimson, extra large and 

 fragrant; Clio, creamy white, shaded pink, large and fine 

 shape; Frau Karl Druschki, immense, pure snow white, one 

 of the grandest Roses in the world; General Jacqueminot, 

 brilliant scarlet, the old favorite "Jack Rose"; George 

 Arends, light pink form of Frau Karl Druschki, very frag- 

 rant, a grand new sort; Gloire de Chedame Guinoisseau, 

 new bright red, extra fine; Magna Charta, old favorite, 

 bright pink, still one of the best; Mrs. John Laing, soft pink, 

 large, fragrant, very hardy; Paul Neyron, dark Rose, the 

 largest of all; Ulrich Brunner, rich cherry red, very free 

 flowering, vigorous, and a thoroughly satisfactory variety. 



rose or white, is a fragrant Summer bloomer 



TEAS 



Etole de Lyon, bright, soft yellow, probably the best of 

 its class ; Harry Kirk, deep sulphur yellow, very fine ; Mam an 

 Cochet, deep coral pink, one of the largest and hardiest 

 Teas; Molly Sharman Crawford, new, large white blossoms, 

 fine for cutting, extra strong plant; Papa Gontier, dark 

 crimson, fine for cutting; Perle des Jardins, clear yellow, 

 best of its class; Safrano, rich saffron yellow, old favorite, 

 but still deservedly popular; Souvenir de Pierre Notting, 

 fine deep canary yellow, very vigorous; Sunset, new deep 

 rich apricot yellow, one of the finest Teas; White Maman 

 Cochet, pure white, extra good. 



PRUNING 



One of the most important points in achieving success 

 with garden Roses is the matter of pruning. The first law 

 of pruning is — always cut above an outside eye, a quarter to 

 a half inch from it. The main pruning for garden Roses 

 is done in the Spring. First cut out clean all dead, broken 

 or undesired canes — (1) for largest flowers for cutting, 

 back to 3 or 4 eyes; (2) for a medium number of large 

 flowers, back to 6 or 7 eyes; (3) for natural sized flowers, 

 but the biggest display, cut back only a third to a half, and 

 leave several canes — 5 to 8 — according to the size of the 

 plant. The above is for hardy Roses — the Hybrid Per- 

 petuals. For Hybrid Teas and Teas, prune in the same 

 way, but leave about twice the number of eyes. In cases 

 where the canes have winter-killed too near the ground they 

 should be cut back to live wood, even if only two or three 

 eyes are left. The Hybrid Perpetuals should be pruned 

 March first to April first; the others April first to May first, 

 when the leaf buds begin to start. In either one of these 

 classes the varieties which are held to be the most robust 



