Coquette des Blanches, Mabel Morrison, Mer- 
veille de Lyon. 
Delicate Pink: La France, Mad. Gabriel 
Luizet, Queen of Queens, Baroness Rothschild, 
Mad’Ile Eugenie Verdier. 
Rose Color of Different Shades: Anna 
de Diesbach, Magna Charta, Mad. Victor 
Verdier, Paul Neyron, Countess of Oxford. 
Bright Cherry Red: Francois Levet, 
John Hopper, Duke of Teck, Marie Baumann, 
Marshal P. Wilder, Dinsmore, Ulrich Brun¬ 
ner. 
Deep Crimson: Abel Carriere, Duke of 
Edinburgh, La Roserie, Jean Liabaud, Mon¬ 
sieur Boncenne, Gen. Jacqueminot. 
The above list can of course be largely in¬ 
creased if desired, but as this paper is intended 
to help the beginner rather than those already 
started, the list contains as many as it would 
be advisable to start on; but if these are 
planted and treated with reasonable care they 
will reward the owner with some very fine 
roses which may create a desire for a larger 
collection; but it is well to bear in mind that 
a few well cared for will invariably give much 
better results than a larger lot only sparingly 
attended too. 
SOME OF THE NEWER ROSES. 
B. A. ELLIOTT. 
The grand old Jacq .; hasty conclusions ; the 
Bennett Ilose\ the Puritan the best of its 
color ; Mrs. Jno. Laing, Grand Mogul, 
Silver Queen, Gontier, Comtesse de Frig- 
neuse, Meteor, et al. 
About 35 years ago the grand Gen. Jacque¬ 
minot was sent out to the world, and was not 
half so highly appreciated then as it is now. 
Many rejected it because it was not very doub¬ 
le, but as yet we have nothing that will take 
precedence of it as a vigorous, hardy crimson 
rose with a most delightful fragrance. There 
have been quite a number of new roses intro¬ 
duced since that time, many of them being 
most excellent, and some of those of recent 
introduction giving us, with their beautiful 
flowers, a peculiar and handsome foliage un¬ 
known to us a few years ago. 
We are seldom satisfied with a new rose 
when first introduced, for it requires time and 
very close attention to arrive at a just deci¬ 
sion as to its merits. While an individual 
bloom may be very handsome and pleasing, 
we may fail to realize our great expectations 
through lack of knowledge of the plant’s re¬ 
quirements, or by our American impatience 
to wait until our little plant is sufficiently 
vigorous to give us the best results. And, 
again, we expect it to be better in all respects 
than any of its predecessors of like color. 
The William Francis Bennett has been de¬ 
cried by some because it lacks the richness and 
hardiness of the Jacqueminot, although it fills 
a place that the Jacq. does not, and until we 
produce a Jacq. with the free-flowering qual¬ 
ities of the Bennett, the latter will continue to 
hold its place. 
The Puritan certainly is a grand rose; its 
flowers are waxy-white, often shaded with 
the most delicate pink; it is a strong grower, 
with beautiful leathery foliage that extends 
right up to the buds which are produced on 
every shoot. The flowers are not always so 
large and sy mmetrical as those of Mabel Mor¬ 
rison, but they are abundantly produced and 
are exceedingly sweet. Some of the commer¬ 
cial florists have condemned it for several rea¬ 
sons: first, because the little plants sent out 
did not the first season produce hundreds of 
flowers; and because during the months of 
December and January, owing to the lack of 
sunshine, many of the flowers were not per¬ 
fect; and, lastly, because the fashionable 
buyers of cut flowers prefer almost any color 
to white. Another year’s experience with it 
will change the opinion of many cultivators; 
for, all things considered, it is undoubtedly 
the best white rose yet introduced, yielding a 
continuous crop of splendid flowers for eight 
months of the year under glass, and all sum¬ 
mer and fall out-of-doors. 
Thus far it exhibits a tendency to produce 
some imperfect flowers; but as the plant be¬ 
comes stronger, I think we will have no fault 
to find with it in this respect; but if it should 
always give us a few of such, yet we will hold 
on to it, for the number of perfect flowers 
will far exceed those produced by any other 
white rose of its size. It occupies about the 
same position among white roses that its sis¬ 
ter, the American Beauty, does among the red 
ones as to size and freedom of bloom, and its 
keeping qualities are wonderful. The cut 
blooms of it were shipped from this country 
to England last year, and after a journey of 
eight or nine days were exhibited by William 
Paul & Son,in a perfect condition and ^received 
a first-class certificate. 
I notice that not very much is being said 
about the new pink Hybrid Perpetual rose 
Mr s Jno. Laing, which may be considered a 
decided acquisition. While we should profit 
by Robert Burns’s admonition to his young 
friends, we should 
“Aye free aff hand our story tell 
When wi’ a bosom crony,” 
and only keep to ourselves that which is un¬ 
likely to benefit the reader. Certainly the 
variety is well worth a careful trial. 
There are, indeed, but few varieties of roses 
that wifi not more than repay the cultivator 
for all the time and care that are bestowed up¬ 
on them. Canon Hole spoke the truth when he 
said: “He who would have beautiful roses in 
his garden must have beautiful roses in his 
heart. He must love them well and always.” 
Rural readers are probably aware that 
nearly all of our new roses are produced 
across the water, often by gentlemen of means 
and leisure, with whom the art is quite a 
passion, and who discard hundreds of seedlings 
for one retained which they consider worth a 
name. Our English friends offer us a few 
new ones this year for a mere pittance when 
we consider the time and care expended in 
their production. One of them is the Grand 
Mogul, a seedling from A. K. Williams, the 
flowers of which are large and of deep crimson 
colo r shaded with scarlet and black, greatly 
admired in England, where it has been fre¬ 
quently exhibited. I think it destined with¬ 
out doubt to occupy a warm place in our 
affections when we become thoroughly ac¬ 
quainted with it. Silver Queen does not to 
me sound like an English name, and if we did 
not know that fine, new roses are not pro¬ 
duced in our silver-mining territory, we 
might believe that it originated there instead 
of in Merry Old England. I don’t know why 
it is called “merry,” for a more serious, 
thoughtful nation does not exist, but merry 
they are if the love for good flowers constitutes 
merriment. We must try this silvery blush 
rose shaded in the center with pink, for no 
doubt with the Silver Queen we can make 
merry with our friends. 
I am not an Anglomaniac, but must speak 
of another New English rose which will be 
sent out next spring. I refer to the Duchess 
of Albany, of the style and color of our grand 
old La France, but larger and of a deeper hue. 
That it will rival this old favorite is all that is 
necessary to say of it. Probably the small 
plants we get from England will not do won¬ 
ders the first season, but if the producer wait¬ 
ed years to see it at its best, we can afford to 
wait a few months. 
Papa Gontier sailed from France and has 
been well received here, a most valuable va¬ 
riety for the commercial grower of roses for 
the cut-flower trade, and much loved by the 
amateur who beds roses in his garden. It is 
better than Bon Silene in everything but fra¬ 
grance, being double the size and of a rich, 
brilliant scarlet color, beautiful in bud, and 
the flowers retain their fine color when fully 
expanded, and are much more abundantly 
produced than those of the old Bons. With 
all of its good qualities, it will not endure as 
much frost as Jacqueminot. What a pity! 
Among the Tea roses we should not overlook 
Comtesse De Frigneuse. It is a splendid deep 
yellow rose, rivaling in fragrance Mardchal 
Niel, a strong, healthy grower, a profuse 
bloomer, and a good out-door bedder. It is 
worthy of a position in any good collection, 
notwithstanding the difficulty we Americans 
experience in correctly pronouncing the name. 
And no w I mention one that any person may 
pronounce correctly. The Meteor is a hand¬ 
some little rose of° much merit, It does not 
rival Paul Neyron or Her Majesty in size, but 
it is a remarkably rich crimson rose, and a 
very healthy grower, differing greatly in this 
feature from Her Majesty, which thus far 
proves very unsatisfactory, making a rapid 
soft growth liable to mildew and winter-kill. 
What shall I say for our foreign beauty 
Souvenir d’ Elise Vardon. I prize it so high¬ 
ly that I may say more than it deserves, but I 
don’t believe I can, for my descriptive power 
is not great. It certainly is of a most lovely 
ne w shade of color in roses. The flowers are 
very large, a creamy white tinged with pink. 
It is a vigorous grower and very free bloomer, 
producing flowers which will attract atten¬ 
tion in any collection. It is a very popular 
exhibition rose in England, where exhibitions 
receive somewhat more attention than they 
do with us. 
Fig. 87. (See page 230.) 
Viscountess of Folkstone is a large and 
beautiful Hybrid Tea rose; color, white shad¬ 
ed with salmon and pink, delightfully fra¬ 
grant and of a soft, satiny texture, similar to 
La France. It is unsurpassed in freedom of 
bloom, and remarkable for its keeping quali¬ 
ties, which will endear it to the hearts of those 
women who love to gather flowers and keep 
them in their rooms, and who, days after this 
one has been culled, can look upon it with lov¬ 
ing eyes. 
We are all inclined to expect too much of 
any new rose offered, partly on account of 
the glowing description of the introducer, 
and because we are constantly reaching after 
perfection, and it is well that we feel so, for 
how much would be lost to the world were 
our best horticulturists perfectly satisfied 
with what they have. Let our many friends 
criticise and find fault to their hearts’ content 
if they will only endeavor to produce some¬ 
thing better. They will be freely forgiven, 
and if successful will receive due credit, if 
not by the present generation, surely by the 
uext. 
- PRUNING ROSES. 
EDWIN LONSDALE. 
When I was quite young I got the impres¬ 
sion, from conversation held among garden¬ 
ers of the old school, that there was a great 
mystery about all kinds of pruning—that a 
subtile knowledge was necessary to tell exactly 
just where to cut to insure a perfect flower o 
fruit. Old gardeners were wont to mystify 
the uninitiated about all their operations. 
Times are changed. In January last a few 
florists called upon Mr. J ulius Roehrs, Ruth¬ 
erford, Bergen Co., N. J., who is one of the 
most successful Hybrid Remontant rose grow¬ 
ers for cut flowers, near New York. The 
subject of pruning came up, Mr. Roehrs’ meth¬ 
od being commented upon. He pursues what 
is known as the hard pruning plan. That is, 
he cuts the shoot “hard back” to within a few 
eyes of the previous year’s growth. Mr. 
Roehrs said he believed, that just as good re¬ 
sults could be obtained if the plants were 
lopped off with a sickle or a pair of garden 
shears without regard to system. There is 
much truth in what he says. And as a gen¬ 
eral rule what a commercial man does for 
profit may with confidence be done by ama¬ 
teurs for pleasure. But I am inclined to think 
that we may just as well go about the job of 
pruning with some pretensions to method, 
i The contour of the plant when grown must be 
borne in mind during the progress of the 
work. Cut out all shoots which cross each 
other, especially in the center of the bush, and 
cut back all shoots to a good bud—one which 
looks outward. It is better not to prune too 
soon. Advice on this subject can be good only 
in a general way. Here, at the North, it 
should be deferred until all danger from se¬ 
vere frost is over. If done too soon,the shoots 
are apt to “die back” which will necessitate a 
second looking over,for it will never do to have 
dead wood in our rose bushes. 
ROSE BRIEFS. 
I wouldn’t use manure water for out-door 
roses; instead, mulch with manure and let 
nature wash down the fertilizing substances 
to the roots. 
In pruning rose-bushes, the more wcjpd left 
on, the more roses will come, seems sound 
sense, but it isn’t. In the case of dwarf, or 
what are usually known as bedding roses, cut 
out all dead wood and weak, scraggy shoots, 
and cut the large, vigorous shoots back pretty 
well—say to three or four or six or seven eyes. 
This induces vigorous young shoots that bear 
large, fine blossoms. But in the case of run¬ 
ning roses, don’t cut them back hard; only cut 
out the dead or scraggy wood, and thin out the 
good shoots and cut off a bit of the tips of 
those left. 
Christmas Roses are not roses at all. 
They are white-flowering hellebores—hardy 
herbaceous perennials belonging to the Crow¬ 
foot family of plants, and which bloom dur¬ 
ing the winter months. The Lenten Roses 
are purple-flowered hellebores that bloom 
towards spring. 
The Guelder Rose is our common Ameri¬ 
can Snowball shrub, and has no affinity with 
the true roses. Nor has the Rose of Sharon, 
which is the common althaea of our gardens, 
and belongs to the mallow family of plants. 
Stocks Used for Budding. —The Manetti 
is the one most commonly used, especially for 
the June (H. R.) roses; the Seedling Briar, 
also from Europe, has its advocates. I am not 
satisfied that any of our American wild roses 
make desirable stocks. At the Arnold Arbor¬ 
etum a bushy-growing Japanese species (name 
yet undetermined) has for years proved a 
wonderfully good stock for H. R. roses that 
are to be grown in pots for winter forcing. It 
isn’t a rank-growing rose, but a very prolific 
rooting and hungry feeding species, and it 
will go to rest if wanted to. With greenhouse 
roses we have a good many stocks—Banksiau, 
La Marque and almost any stock that roots 
well, keeps growing all the time and is of 
long-lived, vigorous nature. 
“Hello! Charlie!” what are you doing 
there?” “Digging up some rose stocks for 
budding on.” This was two years ago and by 
the roadside. Charlie was a young gardener 
and had arrived from Europe the year be¬ 
fore. When he has been 10 years in America 
I don’t think he will dig up any wild stocks 
for budding on, or accept them gratis if any¬ 
one else dug them up for him. 
Hermosa is the most continuous blooming 
rose that I know of. Its flowers are rose- 
colored and rather small. Appoline, also of 
the same class (Bourbon) and color, is a better 
rose and almost as free a bloomer. But Mrs. 
Degraw (a local rose in this county) is better 
than either. Mulch about them in winter. If 
they get cut to the snow line, no matter, they 
seem to grow and bloom better for it next 
year. 
While running, Pillar, Madame Plantier, 
and many other old roses live and thrive for 
20 years or more without a change of soil, it 
certainly improves the quality of roses in 
beds if they are lifted and planted in fresh 
soil every few years. 
Tea Roses, as a rule, are not hardy in the 
Northern States, but many gardeners strike a 
lot of cuttings of them in the greenhouse in 
SUSANNE BLANCHE'! 1 . 
