CROMWELL GARDENS. CROMWELL. CONN. 



Roses 



HARDY ROSES 



THEIR CULTURE 



The classification of the various types of garden Roses occasionally confuses the amateur grower, and 

 a word of exi)lanation may prove helpful in the selection of an assortment of hardy Roses. 



The mciic important i l.is^cs ar<- tlie Hybrid Tea, Tea, Hybrid Remontant or Perpetual, Dwarf 1'"' 

 antha, ( liml i 'oi \ aiii lia. .im 1 i l \ 1 n id Wichuraiana Roses. 



The II 1 11 1 , 1 i-, with ult question, the most desirable from which to select garden Ri - 



their trie > nm im nin- i. ndciu ies making it easily possible, with a careful selection of variet u -, 



to nil llutt, 1- iH.iii , ,M K l-inr iini il lrn-,t. 



Ira Ko-i^, Willi .1 I. w .x, rpt i,,n-, arc of a more delicate nature, and while they are also extreme K 

 free-llow ri iii;^. ih, \ .m n.M ii at ilirir \cr\ host until the cool autumn e\-ciiings. They require a little 

 mc)i-r I air ill pioi c. 1 111^ lur w iiiin-, liiii ^iirli \-.irirt irs a- t he I 'ink and the White Maman Cochet, Wm. R. 

 Smith and I a.|\ I 1 1 II i i i ... loi i n,,| ,,nl\ |l,,wiT |irotiiM'K thr.m-h t hi- ent irr >u in nior, but are hardy enough 

 to l ai 1 \ 1 hioir^h 1 he w i;a ( I- w il h I he- >ainc ]irolrc't ion .ilfoidril I l> hrid Tea Roses. 



IKIii id \\> iiioiiiaiii Ko-i^ inakc a nia.i;nilKrnt di>pla\ diiiini; June; certain varieties flower again in 

 a Ics-' I wa;, iIiiiiiil: aiiiniiin, pi i >iliu iiit; at t li I- t i mc t In ir I icst llowrrson strong Stems that are particularly 

 usetiil li ir . Ill I iim pill |H ~. ( hi a. I omit ol their hardiness llicw arc not only desirable for the Rose-garden, 



l)warfoi ILddiii.; I 'ol\ aiii lia-,, popnlai l\ ( ailrd l'.al.\ Ra iiiMcrs, llowcr freely during thc entire season j 



\< 1 ' I . p, inlha and 1 M .i"id \\ i.'li iii.a una' L M ,' m i'--" n i J 1 1, ^''J'h a'.Vi.aiU' all ()f t he desirable 

 Hap h a- I riin-oii Ra ni Mer . S, „ j, .,1 , . I \. eUa , |)oiolh\ I Vr h i n el c. , and are USeful 



for ; ioseim- walls, stum|i>. ar, he>, or lor ^creeiimi; miM-hlK olije.is. Christine 



Wri:.,lii 1 aiiM II, Ui noil, >odeiiia or American I'illar are e.\t'eediugl\- etlecti\e when i;r()wn upright on pillars 

 or s|)iMred cedar posts. 



Preparing the Rose-Bed. Roses will give good results in any well-drained, mellow soil, but when 

 planting a new bed il is ad\ i-aMe to ]irepare it thoroughly. An open location should be selected, although a , 



little shade during the eail- iiier m or hot part of the day is appreciated by the Tea and Hybrid Tea 



Roses. The bed should l.t . \. i\ iie.l to a depth of not less than 2 feet, and refilled with an equal ini.xture! 

 of turfy loam, turf and wt ll-rot tt-d < ow manure in equal parts. A sprinkling of coarse bone meal in addition 

 is recommended. If the bed is located in a poorly drained situation, an additional foot should be taken o 

 and filled in with rubl)Ie or small stone. 



Planting. Roses ran be planted in fall or sprint; if dormant plants arc used, but this is attended \m 

 some risk, especially in the hands of an incxperien. cd pi, inter, nornianl pi, nil-, |iari ii iil.irK the m'H 

 heavy-wooded, Holland-grown stock, will often v." b.iek even with the he-^i oi , air m pl.inini-. Two \ear 

 old budded stock, prepared far in advance by beini; potted up the pre\ ioii^ I. ill in idoir,\ pois ,iii(l 1 .iiriei 

 through the winter in coldfraines, will be etniipped with a fibrous, active rool-systein in early spring, aii< 



