HARDY CLIMBING ROSES, continued 



not subject to black-spot, but where they are, the same excellent protective 

 dusting will care for the situation. 



Hardy climbing Roses, may be divided broadly into two types, the large- 

 flowered, such as Dr. W. Van Fleet, and the cluster-flowered type, such as 

 Dorothy Perkins. In no class of Roses we think is proper pruning more 

 important than in hardy chmbers. Remember, they should be pruned as 

 soon as possible after they have finished blooming, usually in July, for mainly 

 on the gro\nh of new branches made in summer and fall will they bloom the 

 following spring. (Full instructions for pruning will be sent on request.) 



The breadth of opportunities for using hardy climbers has not yet been 

 developed as it ought to be. Everyone recognizes the way in which they may 

 be trained to cover a trellis or a porch, or even a house; few know how- 

 beautiful they are trained on stakes, or pipe posts from 4 to 8 feet in height, 

 in English pillar form. These Roses will make an old stone fence an object 

 of magical beauty when covered with their burst of bloom, and will soften its 

 outlines the rest of the year with good branches, good foliage, and, not 

 infrequently, the scarlet seed-vessels called "hips." Embankments can be 

 held and covered with hardy chmbers, and the Pennsylvania Railroad, not 

 far from Philadelphia, as well as the New York, New Haven &. Hartford, 

 north of New York City, have done wonders in economic maintenance 

 through the use of hardy climbing Roses, which also 

 excite the admiration of the passing traveler when in 

 bloom. Allowed to grow at will, or with the slightest 

 training on fences, or self supporting, superb 

 hedges can be worked out of hardy climf^ers, 

 and, as well, lovely specimen plants on the <§^^ 

 lawn. With just a little training they can 

 be interspersed in shrubbery, among lilacs, 

 or spireas, or deutzias, being far more beau- 

 tiful than any of these when 

 out of bloom. 



In central New York one wise 

 lover of mankind has planned to 

 use the hardy climbers to dis- 

 tinguish a stretch of improved 

 highway. Many a farm lane 

 would become a restful j^Iace if 

 these easily handled self-main- 

 taining growths were given a 

 chance. 



The arrangement which fol- 

 lows shows the climbers in 

 classes which ought to make 

 their choice easy. Order what 

 you desire and their beauty wi " 



be greater than you expect. Climbing American Beauty 



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