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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September (; 
; Ruralisms ; 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Hardy Rose Experience. 
Part II. 
Birsn and Dwarf Varieties. —Sev¬ 
eral rose species make handsome and 
desirable specimen plants where the 
space is abundant, but generally ap¬ 
pear out of place in small grounds. 
Nearly all have been replaced by garden 
hybrids retaining the main characteris¬ 
tics of the type, but of freer bloom and 
often better habit. Thus our Prairie 
or Michigan rose, Rosa setigera, a very 
hardy and graceful climbing species, 
covered in late June by masses of deep 
rose single flowers, is replaced by Queen 
of the Prairies, Baltimore Belle and 
Gem of the Prairies, the last of which 
is quite fragrant. Queen of the Prairies 
should be preferred where there is only 
room for one variety, as it is of iron¬ 
clad hardiness, very free and of great 
vigor of growth. There are several 
forms of the hardy yellow rose, R. lu- 
tea, but Harrison’s Yellow is more like¬ 
ly to succeed than the others. It is 
very hardy but the foliage often suffers 
from the humidity of our Summers and 
the plants bear pruning very badly. By 
growing two or more plants and prun¬ 
ing every alternate year, good blooms 
may be had annually, and the bushes 
kept in reasonably good shape. Per¬ 
sian Yellow (double; and Austrian 
Copper (single) are very richly colored. 
The latter is brilliant copper-red like 
some nasturtiums, but in our experi¬ 
ence the plants are short-lived and sel¬ 
dom profuse in bloom. Much is hoped of 
the new hybrid Golden Sun(Soleil d’ Or), 
produced by crossing a Hybrid Perpet¬ 
ual with Persian Yellow. It has large 
blooms, almost four inches across, or¬ 
ange yellow with reddish shades. They 
stand the sun well and are produced 
quite freely. It is claimed to be a ro¬ 
bust grower, but our plant of this ex¬ 
pensive novelty seems in no hurry to 
increase its size, although it has 
bloomed at intervals all Summer. It 
will require several years’ experience to 
determine its value for this climate. 
Tiie Rugosa Roses are without doubt 
better adapted to endure our climatic 
variations than varieties of any other 
section, and are particularly suited to 
the northern prairie States and the At¬ 
lantic coast section. If planted in a 
deep, moderately rich soil, they are sure 
to thrive regardless of drought or bliz¬ 
zard. Among the white varieties, Blanc 
Double de Coubert and Mme. Georges 
Bruant are very long-lived and depend- 
aule. They bloom freely in Spring and 
at intervals throughout Summer and 
Fall. The flowers are large, pure white 
in color, quite double, and very fra¬ 
grant. They should be well fed with 
top-dressings of old manure or ground 
bone and ashes to maintain vigor, and 
thus treated are always ornamental in 
leaf and bloom. 
New Century, raised in the Rural 
Grounds from Clothilde Soupert pollin- 
ized with R. rugosa alba, is a pleasing 
variation in color. The foliage is very 
good and closely resembles the Rugosa 
type, but the large perfectly double 
blooms are produced in great clusters 
of five to 11, and vary from pale rose, 
flushed deeper in the center to bright 
clear pink. The fragrance is powerful 
and delicious, and the plants extremely 
profuse in bloom throughout the grow¬ 
ing season when of sufficient age and 
strength. No great results should be 
expected until about the third year af¬ 
ter planting, but with good treatment 
they seem as if they would endure for a 
generation. 
Agnes Emily' Carman is well-known 
to R. N.-Y. readers and we think that 
those who have taken care of the plants 
received when the variety was distribu¬ 
ted some years ago have something 
choice to show for their trouble. The 
color is still unequalled among Rugosa 
hybrids, though Mme. Chas. Frederick 
Worth, a foreign hybrid of Rugosa and 
Paul Neyron, comes very close in rich 
satiny crimson, and on the whole, is bet¬ 
ter in fullness of bloom and density of 
foliage. Souvenir de Pierre Leperdrieux 
has a dwarf compact habit and is ex¬ 
ceedingly free in bloom. The flowers 
are double and very sweet but a pur¬ 
plish tinge sometimes predominates. It 
bears an abundance of bright red fruits, 
being alone in this peculiarity for a 
double flowering Rugosa variety. The 
foliage is very thick and shining. Alto¬ 
gether a most ornamental kind. Young 
plants of the I. A. C. rose, from Gen. 
Jacqueminot crossed with the Asiatic 
Rugosa do not properly open their very 
double buds here, though the defect may 
pass as the plants increase in strength. 
It was produced at the Iowa Experiment 
Station, Ames, Iowa, and is regarded as 
an exceedingly hardy and valuable rose. 
The color is very rich and the perfume 
delightful. Another promising Rugosa 
hybrid is Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, 
not yet offered in this country. It is 
highly regarded abroad for the great 
size and freedom of its large satiny-rose 
blooms which are said to be nearer the 
exhibition standard than others contain¬ 
ing Rugosa characteristics. We have 
not bloomed this variety and only men¬ 
tion it as of possible interest to those 
who must depend on roses of this type. 
After 10 years continuous work in rais¬ 
ing seedlings we now have beautiful 
double Rugosa hybrids in various shades 
of brilliant pink and rose as well as pure 
white on the Rural Grounds. They ap¬ 
pear of the greatest promise but plenty 
of time will be taken thoroughly to test 
them for possible defects before propa¬ 
gating. The Rugosa roses are so hardy 
and resistant to the usual rose diseases 
that we recommend them to growers 
having sufficient space at their disposal. 
The New Sweet Brier Hybrids are 
very interesting and valuable, retaining 
to a great extent the agreeably scented 
foliage of the wild eglantine. They are 
all rugged and hardy in constitution, 
but require considerable space for de¬ 
velopment, and only bloom in Spring. 
Several varieties are now offered in this 
country. We like Anne of Geierstein, 
rich deep crimson, and Amy Robsart, 
dark rose, best. The flowers are quite 
large, semi-double and produced with 
great freedom, followed by attractive 
red fruits which persist far into Win¬ 
ter. They are extremely vigorous and 
have increased in strength and beauty 
every season for the last six years. Lord 
Penzance and Lady Penzance of the 
same group have curious single coppery- 
yellow and straw-colored blooms and 
highly-scented foliage. They are crosses 
of sweet brier and Harrison’s or Per¬ 
sian Yellow, and are always scarce be¬ 
cause of difficult propagation. 
Hybrid Perpetualb. —The various 
hardy Hybrid Perpetual or Remontant 
roses are pretty well known. Most of 
the varieties catalogues by rose dealers 
will endure the Winters of the Middle 
and Centra] States with little or no pro¬ 
tection while young and vigorous but 
generally die out in from three to five 
years except under specially favorable 
local conditions, and very liberal cul¬ 
ture. The lists of varieties offered by 
reliable nurseries enlarge slowly as the 
elimination of weak and unfit kinds off¬ 
sets the novelties constantly brought 
forward. When healthy plants propa¬ 
gated from cuttings can be procured, a 
bed of the hardier varieties of Hybrid 
Perpetuals may often be induced to 
thrive for a long time, but the imported 
plants, budded on Manetti or dog rose 
have usually a very short lease of ef¬ 
fective life, most of the plants failing 
the second or third year, even if suck¬ 
ers from the stock are kept down. A 
list of the most desirable hybrid per¬ 
petual and everblooming dwarf roses, 
compiled by the successful grower, John 
N. May, Summit, N. J., was published 
on page 171 of the present volume. It 
cannot be bettered in the experience of 
the writer, but special mention may be 
made of the beautiful Victor Hugo, bril¬ 
liant flaming crimson, with velvety dark 
shadings, and Rodocanachi, clear rose 
color. The first has the richest colored 
blooms we have ever grown, having 
more fire and brilliancy than any other 
dark rose. It is hardy and free in bloom 
but not of strong growth, and is appar¬ 
ently so slow of propagation that it is 
seldom offered. Rodocanachi bears its 
large, clearly-tinted blooms in great 
profusion but is also much scarcer than 
it should be. Both are fairly good au¬ 
tumnal bloomers if cut bacK after the 
Spring flowers fade. 
Moss Roses are generally known to be 
extremely hardy, but as they only bloom 
in June few plants are generally want¬ 
ed. Blanche Moreau, pure white, and 
Captain Ingram, deep crimson, are very 
satisfactory, both in bud and flower. 
Crested Moss has a rather flabby pink 
bloom when opened, but the buds are 
beautifully mossed and the finest of all 
in that stage. 
Everbloomers. —The varieties of 
everblooming roses given on page 171 
cover about all worth trying in the gar¬ 
den unless very excellent care and pro¬ 
tection can be given. We would call es¬ 
pecial attention to Gruss an Teplitz as 
the most brilliant and fragrant rose in 
this section. It has been growing with¬ 
out protection on the Rural Grounds 
since its introduction, four years ago. 
and the wood on old and young plants 
has never been killed back to any ap¬ 
preciable degree. Under liberal feeding 
established plants send up canes three 
or four feet high loaded with buds, but 
if freely cut back it blooms constantly 
quite near the ground. It can be kept a 
foot or 18 inches high by continuous 
cutting of the blooms, and the plant will 
grow more vigorously for the treatment 
if sufficient plant food be supplied by 
occasional applications of old stable ma¬ 
nure or wood ashes and ground bone. 
The blooms are a rich shade of crim¬ 
son scarlet, not easy to describe, and 
the foliage on the young shoots is usual¬ 
ly bronzy red. Sanguinea and Agrippina 
both approach Gruss an Teplitz in color, 
but are less vigorous and desirable, be¬ 
ing almost scentless. Clothilde Sou- 
pert and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria are 
the best whites for Summer blooming. 
The former has a rosy center and the 
latter a beautifully formed bud of 
creamy white. Mosella and Etoile de 
Lyon are the only yellows that can be 
relied on and the tint is very light in 
both varieties. Mile. Helene Gambier 
bears large apricot-tinted blooms often 
varying to pure golden yellow, but is 
not a fast grower though quite hardy. 
Madame Degraw is probaoiy the most 
icliable and hardy pink sort. It is a 
constant bloomer and very long-lived 
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Grand Horse Show 
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