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ZT/x?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
February  26,  1916. 
The  Standard  Rose 
There  are  a  hundred  or  more  distinct 
species  <>f  the  rose  family )  Europe,  Asia, 
Africa  and  America,  each  furnishing  their 
quota.  Persia,  India,  China  and  Japan 
have  given  us  some  of  the  finest  and 
most  useful  species,  while  Greenland, 
Iceland  Kamsehatkn  and  Siberia  have 
furnished  a  fair  representation,  while 
the  records  to  which  I  have  access  do 
not  mention  a  single  species  as  coming 
from  New  Zealand  or  Australia.  Out 
of  this  great  mass  of  material,  hybridists 
have  created  such  a  multitude  of  beauti¬ 
ful  varieties,  as  to  become  almost  be¬ 
wildering.  Every  year  brings  forth  num¬ 
erous  uew  varieties,  of  more  or  less 
merit,  some  of  the  recent  introductions 
far  surpass  any  variety  in  their  class, 
hitherto  produced. 
There  is  no  more  beautiful  nor  inspir¬ 
ing  sight  than  a  well-kept  rose  garden, 
when  in  full  bloom,  and  wbeu  the  out¬ 
lines  are  marked  by  avenr  of  standard 
or  tree  roses  towering  above  the  bush 
forms,  the  contrast  is  bewlldcringly 
beautiful.  American  tourists  traveling 
in  England  and  the  temperate  sections  of 
continental  Europe  have  noted  with 
much  enthusiasm  the  perfection  to  which 
the  standards  and  half  standards  attain 
in  the  moist  cool  climates  of  these  coun¬ 
tries.  Unfortunately  (excepting  when 
planted  in  very  favorable  locations) 
standard  roses  have  not  proven  very  sat¬ 
isfactory  in  the  United  States,  especial¬ 
ly  when  the  standards  arejngb.  Former¬ 
ly  nil  standards  were  budded  on  Rosa 
canina  or  Manetti  stocks  and  until  the 
Rugosa  was  adopted  for  the  purpose  the 
Manetti  was  considered  the  most  suita¬ 
ble  stock  for  tree  roses.  In  the  moist 
cool  climate  such  as  prevails  in  certain 
portions  of  Europe  tlu-se  stocks  succeed 
perfectly,  but  the  scorching  hot  sun  and 
dry  winds  of  our  Summers  soou  exhaust 
the  storks  and  they  rarely  survive  over 
four  or  five  years.  The  Rugosa  stocks, 
however,  have  proven  very  successful  in 
our  extremely  variable  climate.  Rugosa 
stocks  withstand  extreme  heat  and  cold 
tn  a  remarkable  degree  without  suffering 
injury.  These  stocks  are  now  used  al¬ 
most  exclusively  for  standard  roses,  and 
not  being  susceptible  to  injury  by  the 
excesses  of  our  changeable  climate,  in¬ 
sure  a  much  more  vigorous  and  therefore 
a  longer-lived  standard  than  cau  be  se¬ 
cured  by  the  use  of  the  dog  briar  stocks. 
The  Rugosa  is  regarded  by  many  as 
the  handsomest  and  most  useful  oriental 
species  thus  far  introduced.  Its  rugged 
constitution,  combined  with  strong 
spreading  habit  of  growth,  its  beautiful 
wrinkled  foliage,  and  large  single  white 
and  red  bloom,  makes  it  one  of  the  most 
ornamental  subjects  for  the  shrub  bor¬ 
der,  hedges,  etc.  This  species  was  sent 
from  Japan  by  Commodore  Perry  in 
1S55.  Since  then  a  number  of  very  de¬ 
sirable  hybrids  have  been  originated ; 
all  are  of  iron-clad  hardiness,  strong 
growers,  and  of  the  same  strong  spread¬ 
ing  habit  of  growth  as  the  species.  Some 
are  continuous  bloomers,  though  their 
main  crop  is  borne  in  June,  when  the 
plants  are  literally  covered  with  large 
semi-double  sweet-scented  flowers  three 
to  four  inches  in  diameter,  the  prevailing 
colors  being  rose,  red,  pink  and  white. 
The  variety  Conrad  F.  Meyer,  origin¬ 
ated  in  Europe  a  few  years  ago,  is  in 
the  writer’s  opinion  by  far  the  handsom¬ 
est  and  most  desirable  of  this  class  of 
roses:  it  is  a  cross  between  the  Rugosa 
and  an  unknown  Tea  rose.  The  blooms 
are  a  bright  silver  pink,  semi-double  and 
average  about  four  inches  in  diameter, 
and  it  has  a  delightful  tea  fragrance.  It 
is  spoken  of  by  nurserymen  as  the  Tea- 
scented  Rugosa.  The  plant  is  a  very 
strong  and  vigorous  grower,  and  is 
phenomenal  in  its  production  of  hand¬ 
some  bloom.  This  rose  succeeds  admira¬ 
bly  as  a  standard.  The  varieties  of  hy¬ 
brid  Perpetuals  and  Hybrid  Teas  gen¬ 
erally  used  for  standards,  either  lack 
hardiness  or  are  not  prolific  enough  in 
wood  growth  to  make  large  well-balanced 
heads,  and  usually  have  a  thin  or  strag¬ 
gly  appearance,  which  is  never  satisfac¬ 
tory.  But  in  Conrad  F.  Meyer  we  have 
a  rose  that  is  not  only  possessed  of  a 
rugged  constitution,  but  which  makes  a 
much-branched  spreading  plant,  which  in¬ 
sures  a  large  thickly  branched  head 
when  grown  in  standard  form.  In  the 
Spring  of  1906,  I  procured  two  stand¬ 
ard  plants  of  this  variety.  They  were 
planted  in  a  Rhododendron  bed,  given 
only  ordinary  cultivation,  the  stems  and 
tops  receiving  a  light  wrapping  of  straw 
in  Winter  to  protect  them  from  the 
strong  northeast  winds.  The  growth  and 
floriferousness  of  these  two  plants  has 
been  remarkable.  Fig.  123  is  a  repro¬ 
duction  of  a  photograph  made  of  one  of 
them  in  June,  1910.  four  years  after 
planting.  At  that  time  they  were  over 
seven  feet  high,  with  a  spread  of  top  over 
six  feet  in  diameter,  and  each  plant  bore 
that  year  upwards  of  250  large  perfect 
flowers.  These  plants  have  made  con¬ 
siderable  additional  growth  of  top  since 
the  photograph  was  taken,  ami  the  stems 
have  increased  from  three-fourths  of  an 
inch  (at  time  of  planting)  to  fully 
four  inches  in  diameter  at  the  collar. 
Both  plants  are  apparently  as  healthy 
and  vigorous  at  this  writing  as  at  any 
time  during  their  existence.  Each  bpars 
enormous  crops  of  large  blooms  annual¬ 
ly,  and  promise  many  more  years  of  beau¬ 
ty  and  usefulness.  Visitors  from  far 
and  near  have  marveled  at  the  wonder¬ 
ful  beauty  of  these  plants  when  in  full 
bloom  in  June.  This  variety  will  also 
give  a  fair  crop  of  bloom  in  the  late 
Summer  and  early  Fall,  frost  usually 
nipping  the  last  buds.  It  has  always 
seemed  strange  to  me  that  nurserymen 
have  not  recommended  and  urged  more 
extensive  planting  of  this  rose  in  tree 
or  standard  form.  Its  beautiful  silver 
pink,  deliciously  fragrant  flowers  are 
scarcely  surpassed  by  any  other  hardy 
rose.  Its  iron-clad  hardiness,  spreading 
habit  of  growth,  together  with  its  adapt¬ 
ability  to  almost  any  extreme  of  climatic 
conditions,  make  of  it  one  of  the  most, 
if  not  the  most,  desirable  rose  in  exist¬ 
ence  for  growing  in  standard  form. 
Of  the  Hybrid  Perpetuals,  I  have  ex¬ 
perienced  splendid  success  with  the  va¬ 
riety  Ards  Rover,  when  grown  as  a 
standard.  The  plant  is  very  hardy  and 
remarkably  floriferous,  hearing  its  large 
double  Ted  blooms  in  the  greatest  pro¬ 
fusion.  This  variety,  like  Conrad  F. 
Meyer,  is  of  European  origin,  and  is  not 
generally  catalogued  by  the  nurserymen 
of  this  country.  I  worked  this  variety 
oil  standard  Rugosa  stocks  in  the  .Sum¬ 
mer  of  1911.  The  growth  has  been  very 
satisfactory,  and  its  productiveness  of 
large  perfect  flowers  has  been  all  that 
could  be  desired.  I  have  never  seen  this 
variety  offered  iu  standard  form,  but  feel 
sure  that  if  it  was  so  offered,  it  would 
meet  with  ready  sale,  and  give  splendid 
satisfaction.  There  are  no  doubt  many 
other  hardy  roses,  not  yet  tried  out  as 
standards,  that  would  prove  equally  de¬ 
sirable  and  successful  as  Conrad  F. 
Meyer,  among  which  might  be  mentioned 
Dr.  IV.  Van  Fleet,  Mary  Lovett,  etc.,  but 
it  will  perhaps  remain  for  the  amateur 
to  demonstrate  their  fitness  for  this  pur¬ 
pose.  K. 
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