OSes 



Hardy Roses 



Their Culture 



The more important classes arc the Hybrid Tea, Tea, Hybrid Remontant or Perpetual, Dwarf 

 Polyantha, ClimlDing Polyantha, and Hybrid W'ichuraiana Roses. 



The Hybrid Tea class is, without question, the most desirable from which to select garden Roses, 

 their free and contihuous-blooming tendencies mailing it easily possible, with a careful selection of 

 varieties, to cut flowers from early June until frost. 



Tea Roses, with a few exceptions, are of a more delicate nature, and while they arc also extremely 

 free-flowering, they are not seen at their \qx\ best until the cool autumn evenings. They require a 

 little more care in protecting for the \\ inter. 



Hybrid Remontant Roses make a magnificent display during June and July; certain varieties 

 flower again in a lesser way during autumn, producing at this time their best flowers on strong stems 

 that are particularly useful for cutting purposes. On account of their hardiness they are desirable not 

 only for the Rose-garden, but for grouping on the lawn or in the shrub border. 



Dwarf or Bedding Polyanthas, popularly called Baby Ramblers, flower freely during the entire 

 season and are attracti\-e massed or for edging the stronger-growing types. 



The Climbing Polyantha and Hybrid 

 Wichuraiana sections include practically al 

 of the desirable Hardy Climbing Roses. 



Preparing the Rose-Bed. Roses will 

 give good results in any well-drained mellow 

 soil but when planting a new bed it is 

 advisable to prepare it thoroughly. An 

 open location should be selected, although 

 a little shade during the early afternoon or 

 hot part of the day is appreciated by the 

 Tea and Hybrid Tea Roses. The bed should 

 be excavated to a depth of not less than 2 

 feet, and refilled with an equal mixture of 

 turfy loam, turf and well-rotted cow manure 

 in equal parts. A sprinkling of coarse 

 bone meal in addition is recommended. 



Planting. Roses may be planted 

 in fall or spring if dormant plants are 

 used, but this is attended with some risk, 

 especially in the hands of an inexperi 

 enced planter. Dormant plants, particu- 

 larly the soft, heavy-wooded Holland-grow 

 stock, will often go back even with the best 

 of care in planting. Two-year-old budded 

 stock, prepared far in advance by bemg 

 potted up the previous fall in roomy pots 

 and carried through the winter in cold- 

 frames, will be equipped with a fibrous, 

 active root-system in early spring, and may 

 be planted any time during the season. The 

 ideal planting time, howe% er, is during the 

 month of May when the plants will be re- 

 ceived full of buds and ready to commence 

 blooming. Any risks usually attending the 

 planting operations have been eliminated in 

 the earlier j^reparation of the plants. \\ lien 

 planting, the ball of earth surrounding the 

 roots should be placed about 2^-2 inches 

 below the surface level of the soil, the soil 

 filled in level with the ball and carefu 

 firmed. Water can now be applied and 

 when thoroughly saturated, the remaining 

 soil filled in, firmed, and leveled. 



Some planters may prefer Roses grown on 

 their own roots to plants budded or grafted 



