April, 1912 
The Hybrid Perpetuals—These are the hardiest of the 
garden Roses. The few varieties named below are all 
splendid flowers for cutting: Frau Karl Druschki, ideal 
white Rose, and one of the best of all garden Roses; Gen- 
eral Jacqueminot, brilliant scarlet, the old favorite “Jack 
Rose”; Paul Neyron, dark Rose, one of the largest of all; 
Ulrich Brunner, bright cherry red, very popular; George 
Arends, new soft pink, splendid in every way; Gloire de 
Chedane Guinoisseau, new bright red, extra fine; Magna 
Charta, bright pink, an old favorite. 
The Hybrid Teas—This is called the “hardy ever-bloom- 
ing” class; when given protection, the most satisfactory for 
garden work: Robert-Huey, one of the very finest and 
largest bright reds, very vigorous; Otto Von Bismarck, soft 
silver-pink; The Lyon, deep coral pink verging to yellow, 
one of the most beautiful of all Roses; White Killarney, one 
of the best pure whites; Gruss au Teplitz, reddest of all red 
Roses, very strong; Richmond, brilliant crimson, very popu- 
lar; La France, clear satiny pink, one of the world’s uni- 
versal favorites; Mme. Segond Weber, soft salmon pink; 
Killarney, brilliant pink, splendid flower, very free bloomer 
and extra hardy; Harry Kirk, deep sulphur yellow; Melody, 
a splendid new yellow; Cardinal, a rich cardinal red, very 
fine; General McArthur, vivid crimson scarlet, one of the 
brightest; Burbank, rich pink, resembling the old favorite 
Hermosa, free and continuous bloomer; Kaiserin Augusta 
Victoria, a soft pearly white, very fragrant, strong grower. 
The Teas—These are tenderer than the Hybrid Teas, but 
can be brought through with care. Very sweet scented: 
Perle des Jardins, beautiful rich yellow; Papa Goutier, dark 
crimson; Souvenir de Pierre Notting, fine canary yellow; 
The Bride, pure white; Maman Cochet, deep rose-pink, 
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extra fine; White Maman Cochet, pure white; Bon Silene, 
bright rose, old favorite and extra sweet scented; Catherine 
Mermet, beautiful soft rose. 
Hardy Climbers—Great successes have recently been 
achieved in this class, which is undoubtedly becoming more 
popular every year, and deservedly so: American Pillar, 
enormous single flowers, lovely pink; Climbing American 
Beauty, a really fine novelty, splendid flowers three to four 
inches across; Christine Wright, ever-blooming tendencies; 
Excelsa, the finest of the Crimson Rambler class; Tansend- 
schon (“Thousand Beauties’), flowers open soft pink, but 
change to several shades, whence the name, rampant grower 
and has become very popular; Veilchenblau, the so-called 
“blue” Rose, the nearest to a blue so far produced; Flower 
of Fairfield, resembles Crimson Rambler, but is ‘“‘ever- 
blooming”; Hiawatha, single, brilliant crimson, very beauti- 
ful; Dorothy Perkins, soft shell-pink, very fragrant, extra 
fine; White Dorothy Perkins, pure white, fine; Yellow Ram- 
bler, semi-double, fragrant, yellow flower; Dr. W. Van 
Fleet, beautiful shell-pink flowers, over four inches across, 
borne on long stems, bears a second crop in Autumn, one of 
the grandest Roses yet developed; Silver Moon, semi- 
double, very large silver-white blossoms, partly revealing 
the golden stamens, ever-blooming tendencies, foliage espe- 
cially beautiful; Lady Gay, very popular on account of the 
beautiful delicate cerise-pink shade of its flowers, which 
change to creamy white; Wichmoss, a climbing “moss” 
Rose, semi-double, light bluish-pink, and fragrant, very 
unique and beautiful... 
Hybrid Briers—These are hardy semi-climbing Roses, 
very beautiful and fragrant. Prune only old and weak 
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A bank of such Roses against the house is an ideal arrangement for the small premises 
