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La France Rose 
EARS ago the ordinary garden contained 
only the June, or summer-flowering, rose. 
It comprised such varieties as the Moss, the 
Damask, the great, loose-petalled sorts 
whose flowers contested claims for size and 
color with the Peony, and the small white 
and yellow kinds variously known as Scotch or Austrian roses, 
and the Sweetbrier. Nowadays it is almost impossible to find 
any of these on sale, with the single exception of the Mosses. 
Newer sorts have supplanted them, but those who prized the 
old Damask for its unequalled fragrance can not help wishing 
that it might be restored to pop- 
ular favor. 
When the Hybrid Perpetuals 
appeared they rapidly crowded out 
the old summer-blooming  varie- 
ties. ‘heir name is a misleading 
one, for not one of the class is 
really a perpetual bloomer. They 
give a profusion of flowers in 
June and July, and many of them 
bloom at intervals thereafter, but 
never with the profusion which 
characterizes the first crop of the 
season. Their flowers are large 
and fine in color and form as a gen- 
eral rule, and nearly all deserve 
a place in large collections. Many 
are deliciously fragrant, but some 
of the most beautiful kinds have 
no fragrance whatever. 
The Hybrid Tea, which is a 
class of comparatively recent in- 
troduction, is the result of crossing 
the so-called Perpetuals with the 
TéedyeOte : 
class. 
[his new class has large and ex- 
tremely beautiful flowers, of lovely 
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ever blooming 
color and exquisite fragrance and 
AMERICAN HOMES AND 
The 
Rose 
and 
Its Culture 
By 
Eben E. Rexford 
A Vase of Roses 
GARDENS 
March, 1906 
Tea Rose 
great freedom and constancy of bloom; but, unfortunately, 
it is not as hardy as a rose ought to be to withstand the effect 
of a Northern winter. If we would succeed with it at the 
North it is absolutely necessary that we give it the best of 
protection. Even then we can not be quite sure of it. 
The climbing roses are general favorites. When well 
grown they are among the most ornamental of all plants, 
but, unfortunately, we seldom see them in perfection. Be- 
cause of their thick, stiff, stubborn canes, which are exceed- 
ingly difficult to handle, we often fail to give them proper 
protection against the rigors of a Northern winter, and the 
result is, in perhaps the majority 
of cases, half-dead stalks, from 
which we grow very inferior 
flowers. But those who bend the 
plants to the ground each fall and 
cover them with earth or leaves 
are richly repaid for their trouble 
by a great profusion of beautiful 
blossoms in June and July. The 
latest candidates for favor in this 
class are the Ramblers. These 
have proved to be much hardier at 
the North than the old Queen of 
the Prairie and Baltimore Belle, 
long the standard sorts among 
climbing roses. But the Rambler 
roses are not sufficiently hardy to 
stand a severe winter without good 
protection. They should be laid 
down and covered well. 
In growing roses the first thing 
to do is to decide upon a suitable 
location for them. ‘This is a mat- 
ter of great importance. ‘They 
like a sunny place which is 
sheltered from cold and from 
strong winds, and a well drained 
rather heavy soil. Nothing injures 
