Our Hardy 
Roses— 
Their 
Habits and 
Needs 
By 
Arthur Smith 
Pennsylvania 
Fran Karl Druschki, the Favorite of Garden Favorites. Sometimes referred to as tin- 
While American Beauty. 
THE title, Queen of Flowers, which the Rose re- 
ceived very many years ago, will undoubtedly be 
retained by it for all time, especially as in com- 
paratively recent years there has been a large number of 
hardy hybrid Tea Roses produced which enables us to 
have in the northern States a more continuous and more 
prolific season of bloom than was the case when we de- 
pended practically upon hybrid Perpetual Roses alone. 
or a thousand, three feet should be considered the mini- 
mum ; if you like to go deeper, so much the better for the 
roses. It is absolutely necessary that the work be thor- 
Gorgcous, an Irish Rose o\ Recent Introduction. Color, 
a deep coppery yellow, heavily veined and flushed 
salmon rose, and is all thai its name implies. 
Success in growing roses, as with everything else, de- 
pends practically entirely upon what we do and how we 
do it before the plants are set out. The Rose, more than 
anything else, requires a rich soil deeply cultivated. The 
expression "deeply cultivated" will doubtless convey a 
different meaning to different people. In preparing the 
ground for roses, whether you are intending to plant one 
Red Radiance. . / new Rose of many excellent qualities. 
Its large flowers are of an even red color. 
oughly done. It is of no use to dig a trench, throw some 
manure into the bottom, cover it with the soil in chunks 
and let it go at that. In planting a rose we are planting 
something which can last our lifetime and longer, pro- 
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