ROSES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 



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This list includes some roses that are noto- 

 riously not hardy in the East, but if the stems 

 are of R. canina and are wrapped in moss in 

 summer they will do grandly. Then for the 

 winter dig up the entire plants and bury in 

 trenches eighteen inches deep. 



Reds and Pinks 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison (H.T.), rich flesh. 

 General Jacqueminot (H.C.), deep red. 

 Paul Neyron (H.P.), pink. 



Prince Camille de Rohan (H.P.), very dark crimson. 

 Reynolds Hole (H.P.), extremely dark crimson. 

 La France (H.T.), silvery pink. 



Yellows and Whites 

 Gloire de Dijon (T.), pale yellow. 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (H.T.), white. 

 Madame Falcot (T.), saffron yellow. 

 Belle Lyonnaise (T.), deep canary yellow. 

 William Allen Richardson (N.), apricot. 

 Marechal Niel (N.), yellow. 



FOR HEAVY CLAY SOILS 



All roses like a clayey soil, but the groups 

 here named are especially suited for very heavy 

 soil. Such soil should be lightened by plenty- 

 ful admixture of well-rotted manure. If the 

 soil is very stiff, the plants would best be on 

 Manetti stock, when not on own roots. This 



