HARDY CLIMBING ROSES 



These are the best Roses to use to introduce Roses where Roses have not 

 been. Because of their hardiness, their vigor, their adaptability, and their 

 wonderful beauty when in bloom, they come nearly being "the one best bet" 

 in Rose-growing. 



The modern hardy chmbing Rose is as different from the climbers our 

 grandfathers knew as a Rolls-Royce car is from an ox-team. Both the ox- 

 team and the automobile get there, and the old Prairie Queen and the modern 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet also both get there, because both are vigorous, hardy, and 

 adaptable. But the breadth and richness of color, the variation in size and 

 form of flower, the introduction of many diflFerent habits of bloom, the 

 wonderful adaptabihty to various uses, that characterize the modern hardy 

 climbing Roses, make the above comparison seem not too extravagant. 



Now we have varieties the flowers of which are as large and quite as 

 beautiful as any borne on Hybrid Teas, and in color ranging from deepest 

 crimson and brightest scarlet all the way to pure white, through intermediate 

 shades of pink and salmon. To this we add now definite and dependable 

 yellow flowers, as well as many lovely sorts that are canary or chrome in bud 

 and open to dehghtful whiteness. 



The hardy climbing Roses of today are mainly Multiflora and Wichuraiana 

 hybrids, both of which are broadly in two major types, one characterized 

 mostly by large clusters of relatively small flowers, hke Dorothy Perkins, 

 while the other type, though not infrequently showing the cluster habit, 



tends mostly to much larger blooms, 

 Hke Dr. W. Van Fleet, often running 

 3 inches across, and over, and in all 

 grades of doubleness, from the ex- 

 quisite single Roses to the many- 

 petaled forms. Some are quite 

 fragrant. 



These two broad classes are by no 

 means firmly estabhshed, for there 

 have been innumerable hybrids be- 

 tween them, which is why we do not 

 separate them, but call the class that 

 of hardy chmbers. 



All the hardy climbers are of 

 vigorous growth, and some of them 

 are rampant in their habit, making 

 canes 10 feet or more each year. 

 They are usually easy to handle, 

 being quite resistant to insects and 

 diseases. Some of them in certain 

 seasons are subject to mildew, 

 but that bother may usually be 

 averted by the use of Star Rose 

 Dust which will also take care of 

 occasional attacks of leaf-eating 

 insects. Most of the hardy climbers 

 are not subject to black-spot, but 



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