ROSES IN THE SOUTHWEST 
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are of comparatively recent origin, La France being the oldest one 
in existence, their popularity is so widespread that they have dis¬ 
placed most of their original progenitors in the modern Rose- 
garden. 
The work of hybridization continues unabated, such crossing 
and recrossing having been accomplished that it is small wonder 
that in the resultant race there is apparent a decline in hardiness. 
No one Rose can be perfect from every point of view, but the 
following Hybrid-Teas have each their good points which make 
them desirable in any Rose collection. Heading the list of Hybrid- 
Teas is the Radiance group, Fink Radiance, shell-pink Radiance 
(Mrs. Charles Bell) and Red Radiance. And the greatest of these 
is Red Radiance! They are the backbone of any successful Rose- 
garden in this section, with their bright-colored dependable blos¬ 
soms. 
Perhaps next to Red Radiance there is no red Rose that blooms 
more abundantly in the Southwest than the Charles K. Douglas. 
It seems happier in our climate than the lovely Etoile de Hollande 
which every Rose-lover must have. Then there are Sir David Davis, 
Irish Hope, Crusader, Sensation and, best of all, the new E. G. Hill, 
to give that opulent richness to our gardens that only red Roses 
can bestow. Still more good reds of decorative value are Red Let¬ 
ter Day, K. of K., Haivlmark Crimson and Hortulanus Budde. 
Indeed, the numbers of really fine red Roses and the scarcity of 
any pinks one would care to plant in dozens, make one wonder 
sometimes where the odd theory originated that there are so few 
good reds. 
The pink Hybrid-Tea Roses that flourish in this section fall 
easily into kinds that are good for Spring bloom, like Mrs. Henry 
Bowles and Mrs. Henry Morse; those that are good for Summer 
bloom, like the old President Taft and Mary Countess of Ilches- 
ter; those that are good for all season bloom, like Pink Radiance 
and Betty Uprichard; and those that are good for nothing. Some 
other pink Hybrid-Teas that are good, each in its way, are Miss 
Rowena Thom, Lady Alice Stanley, Imperial Potentate, Frank 
Dunlop, Premier, Briarcliff and the dainty Lulu, whose long and 
Suggested 
Collection 
Red 
Pink 
