G. Nabounand is a peach gold and buffy pink rose that is not a 

 novelty, but I am going to speak of it as there are many amateur 

 gardeners who do not grow it because they are unaware of its real 

 value as a rose. 



When I visited the Hartford Test Rose Gardens in late Octo- 

 ber, I counted hundreds in bloom, many buds were maturing, the 

 foliage was clean and free from all afflictions. G. Nabounand is as 

 perfect a dwarf bush rose as I have ever seen. I do not con- 

 sider it a Polyantha rose, but would place it in the 

 Mme. Ravary and Gruss an Aachen class. A red rose on great, 

 firm, long stems, showing dozens of buds and blooms was Robin 

 Hood, this rose was also as free from mildew and spot, etc., as was 

 G. Nabounand. Amateur Gardeners realize the advantage of 

 growing the roses that bloom early and late, and strange as it may 

 seem, I have found that one that blooms freely through Septem- 

 ber and October is less susceptible to disease or altogether immune, 

 or they would not have the vitality to bloom on and on to a killing 

 frost. Doesn't this seem a reasonable conclusion? I saw some 

 superb Ophelia tree roses that were budded on saplings, not on 

 rose stock at all. This was an experiment tried out by an ambitious 

 under-gardener and was completely successful. 



A new rambler, Paul's Scarlet, does not fade. It is semi- 

 double, absolutely hardy, and when grown with the Climbing 

 Gruss an Teplitz, there will be blooms all Summer long. Climbing 

 Gruss an Teplitz is not a novelty, but it is unique as a climbing 

 rose, in that if it is well fed it is never out of bloom until the very 

 end of flower time. I wonder if you have seen Climbing Sunburst? 

 It is glorious and loves a lattice against a sunny wall, and if you 

 mass at its feet Azure Fairy do you realize the perfect harmony? 

 Azure Fairy is a dwarf Delphinium but ten inches high and is 

 really exquisite, so blue and so sweet. 



There is a pure yellow Foxglove, not buff, but just the clearest 

 yellow. With C5rtisus Golden Chain (Hardy Laburnum) and 

 Miniature Golden Fleece — the new Cactus Dahlia form sunflower 

 — growing but three feet tall, this would be a charming yellow 



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