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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1913 



growers should be pruned less than the weaker sorts. 



GARDEN ROSES FOR FORMAL USE 



In some instances it is desirable to have Roses fit into a 

 formal landscape or gardenscape, where, in their natural 

 habit, the bedding Roses described above would not add the 

 exact effect desired. For use in such cases, the nursery men 

 train some sorts into what are called "standards," or tree 

 Roses. But the ordinary grower does not want to bother 

 with them, for they do not grow the best of flowers, and in 

 climates where the Winters are not mild must be either 

 very carefully protected with straw overcoats, or, what is 

 safer, taken up bodily late in the Fall, and stored in a straw 

 lined trench, covered with a foot of earth. Several of the 

 H. P. and H. T.'s described above may be had in this 

 form. A far more satisfactory way of getting a formal 

 or semi-formal effect with roses is to use the Baby Ram- 

 blers or Polyantheas for edgings or low formal beds. The 

 plants grow but 18 to 24 inches high, and are of the most 

 remarkable, free flowering habit, remaining in bloom until 

 hard frosts. Where taller plants are needed the "pillar" 

 Roses, when trained carefully to upright stakes, may be 

 made to give a precise decorative effect, though, of course, 

 not so trim and formal a one as the "standards." The fol- 

 lowing comprise most of the best sorts in these two classes, 

 although they are being added to constantly, as they are 

 just beginning to come into their own: 



BABY RAMBLERS 



Madam Norbert Lavasseur, the baby crimson rambler, 

 very hardy, a great bloomer; Katherine Zeimet, pure white, 

 with conspicuous yellow stamens; Baby Dorothy, bright pink, 

 very floriferous; Mrs. Cut-bush, resembles Lady Gay ram- 

 bler; Anchen Midler, brilliant Rose flowers, with wavy 

 petals; Mrs. Taft, the most brilliant red of its class; George 

 Pernet, pink, with dull yellow shading; Jessie, bright 

 red, with white center; The Orleans, geranium red, 

 with white center; Phyllis, a beautiful cerise pink; 

 Snowball, pure white, in extra large clusters; Perle 

 des Rouges, very deep red, one of the most attractive. 



ROSES FOR PILLARS 



American Pillar, enorm- 

 ous single pink flowers, 

 with clear white eye and 

 golden stamens, brilliant 

 red berries; Clothilde Sou- 

 pert, creamy white, ever 

 blooming, very free flower- 

 ing, moderate grower; 

 Mosella, golden to light yel- 

 low, ever blooming; Birdie 

 Blye, bright Rose, semi- 

 double, very fragrant, ever 

 blooming, but needs protec- 

 tion; Gainsborough, large, 

 light salmon pink flowers, 

 very fragrant. 



CLIMBING ROSES 



It is to this class of Roses 

 only that America can claim 

 to have added any consider- 

 able share of valuable varie- 

 ties. The Climbing Roses 

 had a long struggle for 

 recognition, but with the in- 

 troduction of Crimson Ram- 

 bler, only nine years ago, 

 they began to win favor, 

 and have gained ground 

 steadily ever since. One of 

 the "secrets" of their great 

 popularity is the amount of 



The Crimson Rambler is the most familiar climbing Rose 



hardship, in the way of both climate and neglect, they will 

 withstand. Another is their very rapid growth — some of 

 them making as much as 20 feet in a single season. 



The uses to which the Climbing Roses may be put are 

 many, and much more ingenuity than is generally seen dis- 

 played, could be put into operation in devising ways of em- 

 ploying them. First of all, of course, comes the decoration of 

 porches or the side walls of the house. It is a common prac- 

 tice to simply fasten the canes directly against the shingling, 

 or clap-boarding, by means of thongs of leather or burlap 

 passed over them and tacked down at either end. While 

 this is perhaps, temporarily, the easiest way, the plants may 

 be cared for more thoroughly and easily, and will look a 

 hundred per cent, better, if the slight trouble of putting 

 up a suitable support is taken. This can be in the form of 

 a trellis — fan-shaped being preferable — or simply a neat, 

 stout pole or two, to which the long canes may be loosely 

 secured. Another very effective way of utilizing a Climb- 

 ing Rose is to construct a light skeleton framework above 

 a window, and train the canes up to and over this, thus 

 obtaining not only the beautiful bower effect which will 

 result, but an agreeable shade during the Summer as well — 

 the vines, being leafless during the Winter, will cast very 

 little shade at the time when full sunlight is desirable. 



The Crimson Rambler, already mentioned, is the most 

 familiar example of the hardy Climbing Rose. But even 

 in its own class, though still the most popular, it has been 

 surpassed in two important respects — resistance to disease, 

 and continuity of bloom. Flower of Fairfield may almost 

 be termed as "ever-blooming Crimson Rambler." Excelsa 

 not only has as good a color as Crimson Rambler, but 

 being a Wichuriana cross, is "disease proof,", and, more- 

 over, has much larger flowers. It is sure to replace to a 

 very great extent all the other crimson colored Ramblers 

 as soon as it becomes better known. Some of the new 

 single Ramblers are more beautiful than the double forms, 

 though not as striking in effect. American Pillar, with 

 flowers of deep pink, with white eye, centered with bright 



yellow Stamens and four 

 inches across, has already 

 won great popularity. 

 Others of this type are men- 

 tioned further on in this 

 article. The new type of 

 Climbing Roses, with large, 

 hardy, double flowers, born 

 on long stems and very 

 fragrant, suitable, in fact, 

 for cutting as well as mak- 

 ing splendid climbers, will, 

 undoubtedly quickly gain 

 great popularity. The ef- 

 fect they produce, when 

 covered with the large, 

 heavy blossoms is, of 

 course, very different from 

 that of the Rambler type, 

 and in a way much more 

 decorative. This class will 

 prove one of the greatest 

 additions ever made to the 

 well-beloved Rose, and no 

 admirer of the flower 

 should fail to try some of 

 these new claimants for a 

 place of favor among the 

 many others which have al- 

 ready won their places in 

 the hearts of flower lovers. 

 The training of Climbing 





