The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Protecting Roses 
We have a large rose garden which if 
fully planted would contain about 600 
plants, but they winter-kill in large num¬ 
bers every year; that is, the Tea and 
Hybrid Tea. The Perpetual roses seem 
hardy enough. I would like a little in¬ 
formation as to the character and hardi¬ 
ness of the Bourbon and China roses; 
also the Baby Rambler, Polyantha and 
Soupert roses. The garden is underlaid 
with tile every 25 ft., but we are at an 
elevation of about 1,200 ft., in Northeast¬ 
ern Pennsylvania, so the climate is rath¬ 
er severe. Will you recommend some of 
the hardiest Hybrid Teas and most pro¬ 
fuse blooming Perpetuals? E. R. 
Waverly, Pa. 
You could doubtless save many of the 
roses that now winter-kill by giving suf¬ 
ficient protection. A desirable method of 
doing this is to mound up earth for 6 or 
S in. around each plant. A method some¬ 
times used is to draw the soil around the 
plants in this manner, then fill in be¬ 
tween with leaves or litter, throwing 
some evergreens over all to keep the litter 
in place. It is likely that most of the 
Hybrid Teas would stand the Winter in 
your locality with this protection. 
Hybrid China roses include some very 
hardy sorts, but the flowers are not very 
large, and have little fragrance. Mine. 
Plantier, white with blush center, is a 
fine old sort often used in cemeteries. It 
makes a mass of bloom, but its season is 
short. Among Bourbons, you would be 
likely to find the old Hermosa very hardy 
and free-blooming. The Polyanthus or 
Baby Ramblers include many hardy 
sorts, such as Clothilde Soupert, Cecile 
Brunner, Mignonette, Mosella, Mrs. W. 
H. Cutbush. 
The following Hybrid Teas are hardy 
with a little protection in Central New 
York, and should stand the Winter with 
you, if given the covering suggested: 
Jonkheer .T. L. Mock, Antoine Rivoire, 
Duchess of Sutherland, Souvenir de Gus¬ 
tav Prat, Sunburst. Viscountess Folke 
stone. Ivillarney. White Killarney, Prince 
de Bulgarie, Grass an Teplitz, Mrs 
Wakefield Christie-Miller, Gustav Gru 
nerwald, Ivaiserin Augusta Victoria, Lau¬ 
rent Carle, Lady Alice Stanley, La 
France, Lady Ashtown. This list might 
be extended considerably, adding some of 
the newer varieties, but those named are 
all fine, and have proved their value. 
The following are fine Hybrid Perpet¬ 
uals: Ulrich Brunner, Mrs, John Laing, 
Captain Hayward, Clio, Frau Karl 
Druschki, Hugh Dickson, Mine. Gabriel 
Luizet, Alfred Colomb, Anna de Dies- 
bach, Magna Charta, Prince Camille de 
Rohan, Marshall P. Wilder, Baron de 
Bonstetten. Captain Christy, Mrs. R. G 
Sharman-’Crawford, Gen. Jacqueminot, 
Lady Helen Stewart, Margaret Dickson. 
These are all tested and familiar sorts, 
but there are many others worthy of 
trial. 
Pansies and Violets in Winter 
Referring to the query of “Flower Lov¬ 
er.” on page 1468 of the Rural for De¬ 
cember 1, 1923, who gives a list of flow¬ 
ers surviving the first frosts, and asks 
who knows more, I wish to secure honor¬ 
able mention for my pansies and violets, 
which are omitted from her list. The 
Chrysanthemums are practically all gone, 
but today, December 3, long rows of 
pansies in my garden are bright with 
bloom. We took a bowlful to ‘a party 
Saturday night, but today there are hun¬ 
dreds of velvety blossoms turned to the 
dim December sun. It is very easy here 
in Central Illinois to have pansies bloom¬ 
ing in the open ground 10 months in the 
year, from August-sown seed. They are 
hardy at all but zero temperatures, and 
survive the Winter under a little mulch. 
Removing this March 1 usually reveals 
a few flowers, but at any rate, they are 
flowering famously in a few days. By 
April their part of the garden is fairly 
carpeted with their soft rich colors. 
My violets are the sweet-scented Eng¬ 
lish or Russian kind. They increase by 
runners very much like strawberries, and 
also require a mulch through the hardest 
part of the Winter. They begin flower¬ 
ing almost as soon as the snow is gone. 
But. unlike pansies, they quit as soon rs 
the weather gets really warm, taking up 
the strain again for six weeks or so in 
the late Fall. Our wild violets have no 
fragrance, but this garden variety distils 
the most delicious perfume in the whole 
floral kingdom. 
My pansies and violets have many vis¬ 
itors. But few people can resist their 
charm. Children love them dearly. I 
wish I had nothing to do for a few years 
but to grow them and give them to flower- 
hungry children (and their mothers), 
taking my pay in witnessing their de- 
hgflt- < JESSE W. NEWELL. 
Macoupin Co., Ill. 
Wood Ashes Bring Clover 
I am very much interested in the dis¬ 
cussion on spontaneous growth of vari¬ 
ous seeds and plants. My early days were 
spent in England. There are thousands 
of acres of meadow land that have never 
been plowed or otherwise cultivated, nat¬ 
ural grass land. This land does not pro¬ 
duce clover of any kind, ordinarily, but 
when the farmers wish to obtain clover 
they broadcast wood ashes on these mead¬ 
ows, and the clover will come and form 
a solid mat over all. Whence cometh 
this seed? Will someone tell me? 
New York. \v, a. t. 
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