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GARDENING IN THE SOUTHWEST 
Chief 
Character¬ 
istics 
Suggested 
Collection 
Pruning 
Black-spot, canker, die back and defoliation all appeared as if by 
magic to confound the Rose-grower. 
But, if unknown evils accompanied the advent of the Perneti- 
anas, it was marked by a great glory as well, for they possessed a 
beauty of color and a grace of form undreamed of, until then. 
The Austrian Brier strain infuses all of them with that dark 
golden or bright Primrose glow that makes them stand out in any 
garden like shining beacons. 
There is a movement on foot among the commercial growers 
to combine the Hybrid-Teas and Pernetianas under the head of 
Hybrid-Tea. They claim that they have been so cross-bred with 
the Hybrid-Tea that only an arbitrary decision could say to which 
class they belonged. But let the growers by all means make such 
an arbitrary decision, for it ought not to be hard to say, if the 
foliage is faulty, “This is surely a Pernetiana”. And it gives the 
amateur something to go by for he knows then that it will demand 
special consideration. If they call them all Hybrid-Teas, they will 
be in honor bound to tell after the virtues of each variety, its 
faults. And it would seem more to their advantage, after all, to 
put simply “Pernet” than “This variety is subject to black-spot 
and die-back; it is moody at times and in the heat of summer, 
wantonly refuses to remain clothed”. 
Some Pernetianas which every Rose-lover should have are: 
. Talisman, 'President Hoover, Angele Pernet, Ville de Paris, Feu 
Joseph Looymans, Mrs. E. P. Thom and that lovely witch, Los 
Angeles. 
Cuba, Padre, Gwentha Jones, Margaret McGredy and Willomere 
are incredibly lovely. Georges Pernet, an amiable giant of a fellow, 
with a low-spreading bush produces his huge deep-pink blossoms 
in the hottest days of a Southwestern summer as though he relished 
it. 
To sum up Pernetianas, the best way to treat them is to prune 
them lightly and plant them in beds to themselves where you can 
indulge their idiosyncrasies and give them the special treatment 
their beauty deserves without endangering the health of their bet¬ 
ter-behaved cousins. 
