1913. 
897 
Ruralisms 
MORE ABOUT CLIMBING ROSES. 
This year we have bloomed several 
climbing roses new to us, which were 
planted last year. The mild Winter and 
cool, moist Spring were very favorable 
to roses, but later sudden changes from 
humid heat to cold induced mildew on 
susceptible varieties, and the intense 
heat the latter part of June and begin¬ 
ning of July shriveled a good deal of 
bloom. 
For some time we have sought a sat¬ 
isfactory yellow climbing rose. Varieties 
desirable in Europe, or milder parts of 
United States, such as Marechal Niel 
and William Allen Richardson, are not 
hardy in Northern New Jersey. Aglaia, 
commonly called Yellow Rambler, is only 
yellow in bud with us, fading entirely 
white as soon as it opens. So we plant¬ 
ed three yellow climbers hopefully last 
year, and were much interested in their 
blooming. Of these, Goldfinch and 
Electra are Multiflora hybrids. In bud 
they are much alike, golden yellow, but 
when open Goldfinch is only semi-double. 
Electra is quite double, and seems 
stronger in growth than Goldfinch. 
the: rural 
above were coincident with Tausend- 
schon, closely followed by Blush Ram¬ 
bler, pale pink, semi-double, and Evange¬ 
line, large single flowers, white tipped 
pink. These are both beautiful, and tre¬ 
mendous climbers. Philadelphia is still 
our choice in place of Crimson Rambler, 
but we have not yet tried Flower of 
Fairfield, a perpetual flowering Crimson 
Rambler. 
We still consider Dr. W. Van Fleet 
the most beautiful climbing rose we 
grow. Its long-stemmed, Tea-shaped 
shell pink flowers have an elegance of 
finish that is unapproachable; it lasts 
well when cut, and its shining foliage 
makes the plants attractive after flower¬ 
ing is over. We find it very easy to pro¬ 
pagate by cuttings of ripe wood set in 
the open ground. 
After all the more showy blooms the 
little Wichuraiana or Memorial rose 
gives us a profusion of starry white sin¬ 
gle flowers covering its shining foliage, 
and followed by showy red heps. It cov¬ 
ers an arch beautifully, but is never so 
contented as when it gets down on the 
ground, where it creeps, and roots at in¬ 
tervals, after its original custom in Ja¬ 
pan. It is an excellent thing to cover 
a rough slope, or hang over a retaining 
NEW-YORRRR 
ORIGIN OF SHIRLEY POPPIES. 
Anyone growing the brilliant Shirley 
poppies, now one of the cheapest and 
most satisfactory of garden annuals, will 
be interested in what is said of their 
origin by Rev. W. Wilks, the English 
clergyman who first established them by 
selection. 
In 1S80 I noticed in a waste corner of 
my garden abutting on the fields where 
grew a patch of the common wild poppy, 
one solitary flower having a very narrow 
white edging to the four petals. This 
one flower I marked and saved the seed 
of it alone. Next year out of perhaps 
200 plants I had three or four with all 
the flowers white edged. The best of 
these were marked and the seed saved, 
and so on for several years, the flowers 
all the time getting a larger infusion of 
white, until they arrived at quite a pale 
pink, and one plant absolutely white in 
the petals. I then set myself to change 
the black central portions of the flower, 
and succeeded at last in obtaining a 
strain with petals varying from bright¬ 
est scarlet to pure white, and with all 
varieties of flakes and edged flowers, and 
with golden centers. It would be en¬ 
couraging to others working on similar 
lines, but with different subjects, to re¬ 
flect that the gardens of the whole world 
are to-day furnished with poppies which 
are the direct descendants of one single 
capsule of seed saved in the little vicar¬ 
age garden of Shirley so late as August, 
18S0. 
In our own garden, where these pop¬ 
pies are a showy feature, we allow them 
to self-sow year after year, thus making 
a mass of luxuriant bloom, but under 
these conditions, without selection, the 
pinks and whites are gradually lessened 
in number, until the original red, or red 
with white edges, predominates. This 
self-sowing is a lazy gardener’s plan, but 
in our case it gives a vivid mass of pop¬ 
pies and cornflowers before the Spring- 
sown annuals bloom. 
The originator of the Shirley poppies 
has been secretary of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society for 25 years, and re¬ 
cently the Fellows of the Society pre¬ 
sented him with a testimonial of nearly 
$3,500 in recognition of his services—a 
reward that does not come to many plant 
originators. 
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A trial will convince the most skeptical. 
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ARCH OF DOROTHY PERKINS ROSE. Fig. 331. 
Doth tire alike is one disappointing fea- wall, and nothing could be 
ture; the flowers fade perfectly 
white 
within a very short time after opening. 
I he little yellow buds are charming, and 
group well in a vase, but we wish they 
would stay yellow. Last Winter being 
so mild, we do not feel that these roses 
have been fully tested for hardiness with 
us. 
The third of our yellow roses is Gar¬ 
denia, a hybrid Wichuraiana, which is 
bright yellow in bud shading to cream 
when opeu. It is extremely double, the 
buds as plump as little apples and open 
in a full flat form quite suggestive of 
the flower for which it is named. From 
its parentage Gardenia is sure to be 
hardy, and our preliminary trial makes 
us feel that it is an acquisition. 
As a standard in white climbers, 
White Dorothy Perkins is of the high¬ 
est merit, habit and growth being iden¬ 
tical with the type. It is quite impos¬ 
sible to say too much iu favor of Doro¬ 
thy Perkins; many readers of The R. 
ay e now testing it for themselves. 
Another rose familiar to R. N.-Y. readers 
is Ruby Queen, which was distributed as 
a premium some years ago. This is such 
an untrammeled grower that it should 
not be planted against a porch; its best 
place is where it can sprawl against a 
strong fence or over a big stump. In 
Europe it is beautifully grown as a 
fountain-shaped standard. Its vivid car¬ 
mine, shading to white at base, is ex¬ 
tremely brilliant, and the shining foliage 
and attractive fruit make it noticeable 
light into Winter. 
* Hir first climbing rose in bloom this 
; oar was a new plant labeled Dawson, 
'>iit as it was a washy pink, while Daw- 
>on is described as brilliant carmine, we 
tlnnk the label did not fit. Then came 
1 ausendschon, often catalogued as 
1 housand Beauties, which no one should 
‘.'"’it; its flowers of bright pink, which 
Eide to white, are lasting, and produced 
111 8 Ie{ it masses; it is extremely vigor¬ 
ous in growth. The yellows described 
better for 
cemetery planting. It is excellent for 
covering a grave, whether mounded or 
flat, and in a modern cemetery, where 
the mounded grave (always troublesome 
to keep in order) is not permitted, this 
trailing rose can be grown in a thick 
mat so that it marks the resting place, 
without in any way disturbing the gen¬ 
eral landscape effect. e. t. r. 
Heritage is one of the best of the 
newer strawberries tried, but was quite 
injured by frost. Chipman was good last 
year, but almost a failure this, because 
of frost. Here Purcell’s Early (Early 
Market) is the earliest of any ever tried 
and by far the best of the earlies. It is 
the hardiest in bloom and the best keeper 
I have ever grown, surpassing all the 
standards in these qualities. It averages 
rather small some years. It is a reliable 
cropper and high culture will give a very 
satisfactory grade of fruit. I would not 
care to say that any of these are better 
than Haverland, Dunlap, etc., except in 
regard to season of fruiting. 
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