FLORICULTURE 
From these shoots the fairest flowers 
will be had. 
Tea roses and hybrid teas should be 
pruned more lightly than the hybrids. 
Perpetuals, ramblers or climbing roses 
do not require much pruning. All that 
is necessary is the thinning out of the 
dead shoots. Roses require lots of culti- 
vation during the growing season and 
the ground should be loosened up 
through the plants once a week, and 
when the watering is done, the ground 
should be well soaked, not sprinkled. 
Insect pests may easily be kept from 
the rose plants; for the slug or worm 
which is found eating the leaves, helle- 
bore powder dusted on the leaves will 
quickly destroy them. If the White 
Thrip appears, the ground will have been 
kept too dry and this may be gotten rid 
of by plenty of watering and syringing 
of the plants. For exterminating the 
aphis, frequent spraying with the hose 
will be found as effective as anything. 
For mildew, sulphate potassium in pro- 
portions of one pound to 40 gallons wa- 
ter will be found very satisfactory. 
The number of species of Rosa is ex- 
tensive and the popular varieties of to- 
day are hybrids of the many species from 
all parts of the world. The hardy garden 
roses have formerly been the hybrid 
perpetuals or more properly hybrid re- 
montant—largely hybrids of Rosa Damas- 
cena, Borbonica, Gallica, ete., but within 
the last decade so much advancement has 
been made in the hybrid tea class that 
they have become by far the most popular 
of all garden roses. 
The climbing roses are largely hybrids 
of Rosa Multifliora, Setigera and Wichu- 
raiana, and so much improvement has 
been made in the latter hybrids during 
the last ten years, that no garden is com- 
plete without a number of varieties of 
them. 
The Japanese roses, Rosa Rugosa, are 
hardy and of much value for natural 
plantings; their foliage is entirely distinct 
and during the latter part of the season 
their fruit is extremely ornamental. 
On the American native roses, until re- 
cent years little value has been set unless 
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it has been Setigera and Laevigata, both 
of which have been used in the hybridi- 
zation of climbers. 
There are a number of the native roses 
which have proven of great value in na- 
tural plantings of shrubbery in parks and 
other public grounds, among them being 
Rosa Lucida, Blanda, Nitida and Arkan- 
sana. The latter is perhaps the most 
valuable of any for this purpose. 
Hybrid Perpetual Varieties 
The list of varieties of this class con- 
tains only those which are of the most vig- 
orous habit, though there are many oth- 
ers that may have been found of great 
value by some rose growers. 
Abel Carriere—Rich, velvety maroon 
shaded with violet, large, full and finely 
shaped. 
Alfred Colomb—Bright, clear red, large 
and full, form globular and excellent. 
American Beauty—Rosy crimson. 
Anna de Diesbach—Clear rose. 
Baron de Bonstettin—Red, black and 
crimson. 
Baroness Rothschild——-Pale rose shaded 
with white. 
Beauty of Waltham—Rosy carmine. 
Belle Siebrecht 
Captain Christy 
Captain Hayward—Crimson-carmine. 
Charles Lefebvre—Bright crimson. 
Clio—Filesh color. 
Duke of Edinburgh—Scarlet-crimson. 
Eugene Furst—Velvety-crimson. 
Fisher Holmes—Reddish scarlet. 
Francois Michelon—Deep rose. 
Frau Karl Druschki—Snowy white. 
General Jacqueminot—Brilliant red. 
George Arends——Pink. 
Hugh Dickson—Brilliant crimson. 
John Hopper—Rose, crimson center. 
Jules Margottin—Bright cherry, 
Lady Helen Stewart—Crimson-scarlet. 
Madame Gabriel Luizet—Pale pink. 
Madame Victor Verdier—Bright cherry. 
Magna Charta—Bright pink. 
Margaret Dickson—-White with pale flesh 
centers. 
Marie Baumann—Bright carmine. 
Merveille de Lyon—Pure white. 
Mrs. John Laing—Soft pink. 
Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford—Deep rosy 
pink. 
Paul Neyron—Dark rose. 
Pride of Waltham—Delicate flesh color. 
Prince Camille de Rohan—Crimson-ma- 
roon. 
Tom Wood-—Cherry-red. 
Ulrich Brunner—Bright cerise-red. 
Victor Verdier—Rosy carmine. 
