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HEDGE OF ROSES OUTSIDE OF SIDEWALK IN RESIDENCE 

 PART OF PORTLAND, OREGON 



WHERE THE ROSE SHOW IS HELD IN PORTLAND, OREGON 



roses. If these roses are pruned back 

 like the weaker growers should be the 

 result will be a rampant growth of bush 

 and few and inferior roses. This is true 

 of many of the new and vigorous hybrid 

 tea roses. Indeed, despite all I could 

 do with them, Mrs. Stewart Clark and 

 Dr. O'Donnel Brown have done but 

 little else but make bush this year. 

 They are in for one more year's trial 

 and then, if they do not reform, they go 

 to the incinerator, where I long ago con- 

 signed Killarney, Her ]\Iajesty and some 

 other mildew breeders. 



Lady Ashtown, Betty, Jenny Guil- 

 lemot, Madame Melanie Soupert, Madame 

 Phillippe Revoire (one of the most beau- 

 tiful yellow roses in the world), Madame 

 Ravary, General McArthur, Pharisaer 

 (a beautiful rose that is not grown as 

 much as it should be) and others of the 

 .«ame character of growth will do better 

 if five or six, or even more, canes are left 

 and those cut back about one-half the 

 length of cane. Always remembering to 

 cut out all center growth as well as cut 

 the canes that are left to an out-pointing 

 eye. There is no rule of pruning so abso- 

 lutely imperative as to cut so the center 

 of the bush is kept open for sunshine 

 and air. 



Then such roses as Captain Christy, 

 Marchioness of Downshire, Mrs. R. G. 

 Sherman-Crawford, Mildred Grant and 



Frau Karl Druschki, with the more or 

 less pronounced characteristic of growth 

 of putting out two or more branches in 

 a cluster, must be pruned to where there 

 seems to be only one out-pointing eye, 

 and then rub off, as soon as they appear, 

 all growth of branches save one at 

 each point. 



A few others that shoot out too many 

 branches, but not in clusters like Captain 

 Christy, need pruning back until not so 

 many eyes are left on the cane, and then 

 all in-pointing eyes, as well as about 

 one-half of the other eyes, rubbed ofif just 

 about as soon as they appear. 



Then such growers as Mrs. David 

 McKee, Miss Kate Moulton, Etoile de 

 France, Elizabeth Barnes, Joseph Hill, 

 Franz Deegan, etc., should be pruned so 

 that the growth of bush will be sym- 

 metrical, only observing the rule of keep- 

 ing the center of the bush from being 

 crowded. 



Three commonly grown roses I never 

 grow, i. e., General Jacqueminot, Maman 

 Cochet and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 

 A dozen splendid crimson roses that do 

 not get the "blues" when they get a 

 little off are far superior to the scarlet 

 General. Maman Cochet is an ungainly 

 bush and a drooping bloom that is out 

 of proportion to the branch, and in no 

 way is equal to Mrs. Edward Mawley. 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria is a good 

 rose, but is excelled by Mrs. David 

 McKee and the newer rose of that class, 

 Molly Sherman-Crawford. Then the 

 newest rose of this class, Mrs. Foley 

 Hobbs, is a fine rose, and far superior 

 to either of the three mentioned, I am 

 sure it will prove to be the leading, rose 

 of the above class, of which the Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria was the first ane on 

 the market. I have not been able to 

 get this new rose, i\Irs. Folej' Hobbs, 

 but it made a fine showing at the recent 

 London Rose Show. 



I have been anxious to have Rhea 

 Reid measure up to the expectations of 

 its grower, that gentlemanly rosarian, 

 Mr. E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Indiana. 

 But it will not do it. ^Ir. Reid has given 



to the world three crimson hybrid tea 

 roses of merit — General McArthur, Rich- 

 mond and Rhea Reid. His favorite, I 

 suspect, is Rhea Reid. But I am sure 

 that General McArthur is decidedly the 

 best general purpose rose of the three. 

 General McArthur is of good color, does 

 not fade quickly, is a continuous bloomer 

 and very fragrant. It is not so vigorous 

 a grower as Rhea Reid. 



I add a word about that magnificent 

 rose, J. B. Clark. No rose will be more 

 disappointing unless it be carefully 

 pruned, as stated in this article. No 

 crimson hybrid tea rose will give better 

 returns for intelligent culture. It is diffi- 

 cult to describe the exact manner of 

 pruning this rose, but a little patience 

 and observation will soon demonstrate to 

 each grower the method of pruning that 

 will give the best results. 



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