1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
499 
OH! THE CRIMSON RAMBLER ! ! 
Our readers should bear in mind that 
our plants were received in the early 
spring 1 of last year. They were planted 
in different soils and situations, so that 
we might test its hardiness, and its power 
of adapting itself to different conditions. 
One was planted within a foot of the 
lake and less than a foot above the 
water ; another in a rather dry place 
near sunken paths on either side, and so 
on. All passed the winter without the 
slightest harm, and every one has made 
a fine growth this season. 
Some of the vines have made a growth 
of five to six feet as strong and thick as 
the canes of raspberries. On J une 15, 
one of the new shoots was measured and 
found to be four feet high. The wood of 
last year bore clusters of roses fully 
equaling the pictures we have seen of 
it. The roses average two inches in 
diameter. The buds are small and round. 
We would say that the average number 
of roses of a single panicle is 30, and this 
the first season of bloom. The brightness 
of the color is not exaggerated in the 
colored pictures of the nurserymen and 
florists. It is a bright crimson. The 
number of petals is about 30. The thorns 
of the canes are large and sharp. The 
leaflets are ovate, acute and feebly ser¬ 
rate, two inches long and nine in num¬ 
ber. We have said that these young 
plants bear as many as 20 panicles of 
roses. When we add that each panicle 
consists of about 30 roses, the brilliant 
display may be imagined. We can readily 
understand that it would be difficult to 
exaggerate the color effects of these 
plants when they bloom next year. 
It is worthy of note that, while other 
roses, as usual, were infested with Rose 
beetles, not one was seen upon those of 
the Crimson Rambler. Neither were its 
leaves harmed by other insects. We 
have several times remarked upon the 
emphatic preferences which the Rose 
chafers show. They prefer the flowers 
of many of the early-blooming spirmas 
to those of grape vines. They are espe¬ 
cially fond of the flowers of Viburnum 
plicatum and of magnolias. Of our 
entire collection of grapes, the Berck- 
mans is the first attacked, and its thin 
leaves are riddled ere the Rose bug 
season is over. So, too, among roses, the 
flowers of Georges Bruant are more in¬ 
fested than those of any other rose, with¬ 
out exception. Now, the Crimson Ramb¬ 
ler rose, and it is too bad that it is so, 
has no odor. Is that the reason why the 
Rose chafer does not care for it ? 
Many of the roses of Crimson Rambler 
this season have been proliferous, that 
is, roses grow out of the roses. A mag¬ 
nifying glass will show several buds 
that have grown out of the flowers 
shown in Fig. 157, which is merely 
an average panicle of those borne by our 
little plants. Possibly this proliferous 
propensity is due to the very wet season 
we are having. The height of the sea¬ 
son of bloom, at the Rural Grounds, was 
between June 18 and July 1. 
Friends, those of you who love roses, 
you will not go astray if you buy a 
Crimson Rambler. In fact, you will go 
astray, at any rate you will miss it, if 
you do not. Remember, the plant is 
exceedingly hardy. The panicles are 
charming as cut flowers. During the 
blooming season, the Rambler is, by far, 
the showiest rose we have ever seen. It 
has but one failing—the charming little 
fairies, as we have said, have no odor... 
Rosa setiqera, the Michigan or 
Prairie rose illustrated July 27, last year, 
begins to bloom June 20. The flowers 
are borne in corymbs of from 10 to 15, and 
the flowering stems are close together 
—from two to six inches, so that, when 
in full bloom, one sees more of the roses 
than of the steins and foliage. The 
flowers*are at first pink, changing to a 
lighter pink, single, and much the size 
and appearance of those of Rosa rugosa. 
In one place, growing over a little rock 
work, we have Crimson Rambler, the 
Michigan rose, and the “Memorial” 
rose, Rosa Wichuraiana, growing to¬ 
gether. All bloom at the same time, and 
a prettier and more satisfactory combi¬ 
nation of vines we have never seen. The 
“Memorial” rose—Wax rose would, in 
our opinion, be a more appropriate, 
familiar name, so wax-like are both the 
perfect little leaflets and white flowers 
—seems as hardy as either the Michigan 
or Crimson Rambler. A more dainty pet 
among roses, we know not of, and the 
growth of its trailing stems which seem 
to love to hug the ground, is marvelous. 
We have a single plant of the new 
Red Cross currant which would have 
borne this season had it not been for 
untimely frosts which blighted all of 
our currant blossoms and most of the 
gooseberry blossoms. We are told that 
Chas. A. Green, of Rochester, N. Y., 
paid Jacob Moore, the originator, $1,250 
for control of this currant. On Mr. 
Green’s grounds, the berries are said to 
be as large as those of Cherry or Fay. 
But its peculiar merit, it seems, is that 
it makes twice the growth of either. 
Mr. Green writes us that “the fruit is 
often so dense upon the stems as to hide 
them entirely from view.”. 
On July 1, Mr. Geo. S. Josselyn sent us 
a basket of Red Jacket gooseberries. 
Many of them were red and ripe ; many 
were coloring, most were green. On his 
gooseberry trial grounds, he has almost 
every variety of gooseberry in America. 
He says the Industry, on account of its 
being “wooly,” will not sell in market 
alongside of the smooth kinds. He says 
that he has several acres of the different 
kinds in fruit, and he has concluded 
from all that he has seen during the 
past three or four years, that there are 
only two desirable to plant, as all the 
rest mildew. One of the two is the Red 
Jacket, the other is the Pearl, plants of 
which were sent to the Rural Grounds 
in December of 1889, by Dr. William 
Saunders, of the Central Experiment 
Farm, Ottawa, Canada It is a cross be¬ 
tween Houghton and Whitesmith. It 
has never mildewed at the Rural 
Grounds, and bears abundantly. The 
berries are larger than those of Hough¬ 
ton or Downing, of a light green color. 
We would ask Mr. Josselyn wherein 
either the Red Jacket or Pearl is superior 
to the Downing in his opinion. We are 
not doubting that they are superior, but 
we want his opinion, as a gooseberry 
expert, wherein they are superior. 
Has Mr. Josselyn tried the Carman ? 
Has he tried the Columbus and the 
Triumph, side by side, and is he still of 
the opinion that they are the same ? Do 
they mildew as to leaf or berries or both, 
in his grounds ? 
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