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But beautiful flowers and foliage are not the only attrac- 

 tions of Rosa ritgosa. The fruit is generally considered 

 even more ornamental than the bloom. It varies in 

 color from orange-red to deep red, is very large and 

 showy, adheres to the plants until autumn. The seed 

 germinates easily, hence it is 

 not difficult to increase the 

 stock of plants to any desired 

 extent. These roses grow in a 

 mass in good soil, where they 

 will receive full sunlight ; it 

 forms an attractive object 

 from blooming time in June 

 until freezing weather in au- 

 tumn. 



The form of rugosa from 

 Russia, illustrated in fig. i, 

 when grown side by side with 

 the ordinary type is about two 

 weeks later to bloom, and a 

 little darker in color. Where 

 the ordinary rugosa has only 

 two or three buds and flowers 

 in a cluster, this one averages 

 about four or five. The buds 

 show a rich dark red between 

 the narrow sepals, and besides 

 being very long, they are very 

 pretty. 



The double form of the rose shown in fig. 2 is a 

 introduction by Professor Budd from Russia. It seems 

 to belong to the rugosa strain, and is known as R. ciinia- 

 7nomca. The blooms are six inches across, quite double, 

 crimson in color, not quite so glowing as the type of 

 rugosa, but more fragrant. The leaves are slightly ser- 

 rated, bright green and leathery. 



An interesting rose, possessing rugosa blood, is the 

 new hybrid produced by Bruant in 1888, and called 

 Madame G. Bruant. This is an exceptionally hardy and 

 vigorous rose, which develops into a handsome bush. 

 The flowers are pure white, fragrant, and are produced 



freely in clusters, at intervals throughout the summer ; 

 they are semi-double. The buds of Madame Bruant, 

 as is usually the case with semi-double roses, are long, 

 pointed and handsome. 



There are good grounds for believing that some marked 



Fig. 2.— a Russian Rose, Rosa Cinnamomea 

 (Introduced bv Professor 



additions from the race of rugosa roses may be made to 

 our list of hardy garden roses within a not distant period. 

 The fact of their comparative immunity from insects is 

 encouraging and in every way much in their favor, and 

 their own peculiar beauty will give them increasing 

 popularity as they become better known. 



JUNE 



SOME FAVORITES 



T MUST have been in June-time that 

 those old sybarites of whom we read 

 strewed their paths, floors and couches 

 thick with rose leaves ; for only in 

 June, when roses are plentiful, would 

 such prodigal waste of beauty seem 

 possible. During this month the faithful everblooming 

 teas are thrust into the background by hosts of so-called 

 June or garden roses, hybrid but not perpetual. 



This class of roses grows yearly more popular, but the 

 name is misleading. Hybrid "perpetual" roses are all 

 derived from hardy varieties that bloom only once in a 

 season, such as hybrid China and damask roses, crossed 



ROSES. 



NORTH AND SOUTH. 



with some variety of tea. Bourbon or Noisette ; some of 

 them are second crosses in the same direction. The 

 hardiness of one parent and the free-blooming habit of 

 the other are thus both present to some extent in hybrid 

 perpetual roses. After their season of profuse bloom in 

 June, they make new growth and produce some flowers 

 in autumn ; but varieties differ greatly in this respect — 

 some are quite liberal and others very stingy with their 

 autumn buds. 



Ail hybrid perpetual roses cannot be pruned alike. 

 Those having a strong, vigorous growth need much less 

 pruning than low, dwarf varieties, for if cut back too far 

 they devote too much energy to their favorite pastime of 



