TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



ROSES 



CLIMBING ROSES, continued 

 Farquhar. A splendid Climbing Rose with vigorous, 

 glossy foliage, and bright, double, pink blossoms in large 

 clusters. 



Gardenia. The value of this Rose is in its beautiful, 

 pointed, yellow buds and glossy foHage. When fully open 

 the flowers are about 3 inches across, of a creamy white 

 color and fragrant. This Rose is very vigorous, but the 

 new growth is liable to be winter-killed and it needs protec- 

 tion, unless on a south bank. 



Hiawatha. Single, bright crimson blossoms shading to 

 white in the center, with conspicuous stamens; vigorous 

 and free-flowering; very distinct. 



Lady Gay. The originator of this fine Rose says that 

 it is an improved Dorothy Perkins. 



Pink Roamer. Single; pink with bright stamens. 



Ruby Queen. An attractive Rose with double, deep, 

 rose-pink blossoms, borne singly. 



Sweetheart. Delicate pink, double blossoms, shading 

 to white when fully open; foliage glossy and dark. 



White Dorothy Perkins. A sport from Dorothy 

 Perkins, which it resembles in every respect save in the 

 color of the flowers, which is pure white. 



Crimson Rambler. There is probably no Climbing 

 Rose so well known and universally planted as this. It 

 is perfectly hardy and exceedingly vigorous in growth, 

 sometimes sending up shoots 15 feet high in a season. Its 

 brilliant trusses of bloom make a glowing mass of color 

 about the last of June. Its foliage, unfortunately, is 

 subject to mildew. 



Yellow Rambler. The blossoms of this are in clusters, 

 yellow in the bud, cream when open. 



Prairie Rose. Rosa setigera. This native climber is 

 not so much used as it would be were its good qualities 

 better known. Its long, graceful branches of light green 

 foliage are crowned in July with open clusters of single 

 pink blossoms. It is appropriately placed in the shrub- 

 bery, in the hedge-row or woodland border or against the 

 trunk of a tree. It is the parent of Baltimore Belle and 

 Prairie Queen. 



WILD ROSES 



There are several species wild on the sandy hills, road- 

 sides and swamps that have a high landscape value and 

 which should be used freely especially for covering large 

 areas. They are easy to collect ; simply dig them up and cut 

 off' the tops and the first year they will spring up almost 

 as vigorously as Blackberries, to which they are related. 

 They will make a solid mass of foliage and cover the ground 

 completely, excluding weeds after they are established. 



The flowers of our Wild Roses are mostly a delicate 

 pink. They appear in June and are followed by bright red 

 hips which remain during winter. The foliage of these 

 Roses is good, the bark of the twigs is tinged with red, and 

 therefore their winter effect is useful in the landscape 

 because the twigs are so numerous as to give a distinct 

 haze of color. 



The fact that they make close thickets between the 

 sand-dunes, and thrive even where drenched by salt spray, 

 is a hint from nature to be followed. 



Rosa nitida. An abundant species about 3 feet high, 

 with reddish stems so thickly covered with prickles as to 

 appear moss-like. 



Rosa lucida alba. This Wild Rose is a white variety 

 which has been extensively used in landscape planting. 

 As its name indicates, the foliage is shiny. 



Rosa humilis. The lowest of the Wild Roses, fre- 

 quently growing under the Bayberries and Cedars on a 

 dry, abandoned field. Grows from I to 3 feet high, and 

 has usually one flower on each stem rather than several in 

 a cluster. 



Rosa multiflora. A big shrub that takes care of it- 

 self. Even without pruning it is in good order. It will 

 clamber over a fence 10 feet high. The red fruits are a 

 valuable winter decoration. 



Sweetbrier. Rosa ruhiginosa. Eglantine. The Sweet- 

 brier Rose has a delightful perfume, especially on a dewy 

 evening, and should be planted in the garden and near the 

 house for that alone. It has become naturalized in the 

 Cedar fields and roadsides of Long Island. There have 

 been produced a number of new varieties known as Lord 

 Penzance Hybrids. 



Rosa multiflora on a road bank. This has innumerable clusters of small, single white flowers like blackberry blossoms. 

 A sunken road like this in a residence park gives greater privacy and permits a larger number of residences. The banks 

 are covered with shrubs, vines and low evergreens. 



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