THE ROSE GARDEN 



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garden varieties of Roses and crossed them with the Sweet Brier. 

 The result is a wonderful group of Roses with Apple-scented leaves and 

 delicate pinkish orange, salmon and rose-pink single flowers. 



We must not pass over the early yellow Roses, two of which are of 

 great importance. The earliest and lighter yellow Rose seen in every 

 old-fashioned garden is the Persian yellow and a few days or weeks 

 later the golden yellow variety, which is slightly tinged with red on 

 some of the center petals, is Harrison's Yellow. The foliage of this, 

 latter Rose is charming; it is a pity that these two Roses bloom but 

 once a year. Another fine Brier well worthy of selection is the Prairie 

 Brier, Rosa setigera, and as it has a tendency to climb, should be given 

 some sort of a trellis or fence. It blooms late and bears huge pink 

 single flowers in large trusses. 



Climbing Roses. While we are speaking of a trellis for the 

 Prairie Rose, let us also say a word for the climbing Roses. They 

 can well be planted around our little garden or they can be trained on 

 poles, or on the porches. The old Crimson Rambler is disliked by 

 many people because it gets buggy and mildewed. Instead, plant 

 Excelsa, which is the hardiest and most brilliant crimson climber we 

 have. The finest fight pink is without doubt the Dorothy Perkins; its 

 clean foliage, dainty buds and abundance of bloom are highly admired. 

 Tausendschon, or Thousand Beauties, is indeed another peerless pink; 

 the individual flowers are large and stand out prominently in the 

 trusses; the color, which is deep pink upon opening, changing later to 

 white, is exquisite. A beautiful climbing Rose, with clusters of single 

 deep crimson flowers, is Hiawatha. 



A large -flowering variety, and one on which the flowers are pro- 

 duced very profusely, is the Christine Wright. The blooms are in 

 smaU clusters and are of a clear wild-rose pink. The plants are some- 

 times not great climbers, but they are effective, at least at the base 

 of the piUar. Dr. W. Van Fleet is a leader in the hardy climbing class 

 — a sturdy, rapid grower, with healthy, deep green fofiage and bearing 

 a great profusion of large flowers, the long, pointed buds opening a 

 delicate flesh-pink color. 



The yeUows are rather too tender to be really climbers. Aglaia is 

 beautiful, being deep golden yellow in bud. Gardenia is the finest 

 yeUow climber and succeeds nicely in central Ohio. The flowers are 

 like Gardenias and the fofiage is glossy, firm and brilfiant. The pretty 

 glossy fofiage of many of these Roses has been derived from the 

 Memorial Rose (R. Wichuraiana). The Memorial Rose is very useful 

 as a ground cover, being unexcelled for covering waste land, and 

 trespassing upon steep banks can be successfully prevented by planting 

 this Rose. 



