1910. 
1'Hfi RURAL NEW-YORKER 
647 
Ruralisms 
ALABAMA ROSES. 
Fig. 269 shows a “monthly’’ rose in an 
Alabama garden, the picture being taken 
in March. We are not informed as to 
the variety, but our Southern friends 
grow some excellent varieties that are 
not reliably hardy in the North, such as 
the beautiful Noisette or Champney rose, 
in its several varieties. About 15 years 
ago P. J. Berckmans of Georgia gave 
the writer the following list of ever- 
blooming roses as his choice for the 
South: Bon Silene, Catherine Mcrmet, 
Duchess de Brabant, Etoile de Lyon, 
Joseph Metral, Louis Richard, Mme. Ca¬ 
mille, Mme. Francisca Kruger, Marie 
Van Houttc, Zelia Pradel, Papa Gontier, 
Perlc des Jardins. While it is likely 
that time has caused some amplification 
of this list, it still remains an excellent 
guide for planting. 
ROSES IN NORTHWESTERN CANADA. 
One of our renders lias seen a state¬ 
ment in “McClure’s Magazine” about rose 
growing in Northwestern Canada. The 
idea suggested is to obtain varieties which 
will not winter-kill in that severe climate. 
Where can we obtain detailed statements 
of such experiments with names of varieties 
and results? Many of our people in nortli- 
ditions. All the Hybrid Perpetual roses 
have to be protected in the Winter and 
should if possible be planted where they 
will have a good covering of snow. In 
addition to this it is usually advisable 
to lay the bushes down and cover them 
with earth. The hardiest varieties that 
have been tested are Margaret Dickson, 
Mrs. John Laing, John Hopper, Marshall 
P. Wilder, Lady Helen Gould, Ulrich 
Brunner. We have no ramblers which 
can be considered satisfactory. 
Brandon, Manitoba, james hurray. 
On account of this farm being so re¬ 
cently established I cannot give you data 
regarding varieties that would be of 
much value, but there is one point in re¬ 
gard to the method of Winter protection 
that we find, at least from a practical 
standpoint, an absolute necessity. It is 
that we have to bend the stems over and 
cover with earth in the Fall. Although 1 
the plants need some protection from 
the severe weather during the Winter 
still the light snowfall and the long 
periods of dry weather, together with the 
fact that we are apt to have fairly high 
temperatures during the Winter causes 
the wood to dry out, consequently it is 
necessary to protect against this dry¬ 
ness by having the plant covered with 
earth. Straw or coarse manure will not 
as a rule be satisfactory unless the bush 
happens to be in a very protected place, 
or where snow is apt to drift over. I do 
not mean to imply that this treatment 
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everblooming rose in Alabama. 
Fig. 269. 
ern latitudes are very anxious to know 
bow to secure hardy roses and protect 
them in Winter. 
Our climate is very mild, and our or¬ 
dinary Winters are rainy, the tempera¬ 
ture rarely going below zero and the 
cold spells lasting but for a few days. 
You will see by this that we do not have 
to protect our rose bushes. 
Agassiz, B. C. thos. a. sharpex 
So far we have not been successful in 
growing double roses on this farm, Per¬ 
sian Yellow is the only variety at all 
hardy, and it kills back some years. In 
single sorts we have Rosa rugosa, Rosa 
macrantha, Merveille de Lyon, Rosa 
Nutkana, Rosa Californica, Rosa rubi- 
ginosa, Rosa alpina, De la Hay, Delicate, 
Belle Poitevine, Lady Gay and Vick’s 
Caprice, tlr t stand without protection. 
ANGUS MACKAY. 
Indian Head, Saskatchewan. 
This station has been in existence but 
three years, and therefore we have not 
had long to prove which variety is 
really hardy. We protect ours in the 
Winter by bending the bushes over and 
covering them with a coarse manure 
mulch. We find the following varieties 
have gone through the past Winter suc¬ 
cessfully: Rosa Virginiana, R. humilis, 
R. calocarpa, R. rugosa flore pleno, R. 
alpina, and Belle Poitevine. 
Lacombe, Alberta. g. h. button. 
In the past 20 years a great many 
varieties of roses have been tested at 
the Experimental Farms in Manitoba 
and Saskatchewan, and by private grow¬ 
ers. 1 he only one which is perfectly 
hardy without any protection is Rosa 
rugosa, white and red. The Yellow Per¬ 
sian is also quite hardy under most con- 
would be the best for all of the Canadian 
Northwest, but I think it would hold 
good for Southern Alberta and South¬ 
western Saskatchewan where there is a 
rather dry climate somewhat similar to 
Montana. w. h. Fairfield. 
Lethbridge, Alberta. 
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