HOUSE AND GARDEN 
1915 
The Culture of Roses 
(Continued from page 333) 
hedge and require practically no pruning 
further than to keep them trimmed into 
shape. These roses are suitable for train¬ 
ing to heavy lateral wires, eight feet or so 
high. However, roses so trained are often 
quite bare at the lower part of the canes. 
This may be corrected by giving each cane, 
as it grows up, a right angle bend about 
a foot above the ground before permitting 
it to grow straight up. 
Still another class under the head of 
miscellaneous and climbing roses is the 
“Baby” Rambler. This is a comparatively 
new class and not nearly so well known 
as it should be. They are remarkable and 
very desirable for their perpetual flower¬ 
ing ability. They, too, require no pruning 
beyond cutting out old wood and old flower 
stems. This variety is excellent for low 
borders and hedges, growing about two 
feet high. 
The following are good hardy varieties 
to choose: Baby crimson rambler, free 
from insects; white baby rambler; baby 
Tausendschon and baby Dorothy Perkins. 
The Rugosa or Ramanas roses grow 
from three to six feet high, have beautiful 
folia and, being extremely hardy, fill a 
place that no other type of roses can. They 
require no pruning, although the canes 
may be trimmed back into any desired 
shape for a more formal hedge. There 
are light rose and pure white, single forms 
—Rugosa and R. Alba, respectively. They 
bloom throughout the season, though not 
so profusely as the garden sorts. The 
flowers are followed by large seed pips, 
which turn brilliant red. There are several 
double varieties which are still more beau¬ 
tiful. Sir Thomas Lipton, pure white and 
fragrant; Blanc de Coubert, large, pure 
white; Conrad F. Meyer, silvery rose; 
Nova Zembla is a hybrid Rugosa, growing 
taller, and especially desirable for the 
shrubbery border. 
A Good Dog With a Bad Name 
(Continued from page 335) 
along that dismal road that leads to prac¬ 
tical extinction. The bull terrier, there¬ 
fore, though born and bred in England, 
has been exiled from his native land and 
become an American citizen. Canadian 
dog fanciers have long favored him, and 
to-day, although there are many in the 
United States who swear by the “white 
’un”; probably they lead us in numbers. 
Pacific Coast dog lovers, however, are dis¬ 
playing a very lively interest in the bull 
terrier, and since the days of Edgecote 
Peer their dogs have been a factor in show 
awards and breeding operations. The 
Far West may become the variety’s new 
center. 
So much for the bull terrier’s past, pres¬ 
ent and future. Now for the dog himself. 
He is a very keen terrier, alive to every¬ 
thing, bright and intelligent. He is, more¬ 
over, a very sensitive dog, affectionate and 
faithful, and, when taken in hand young, 
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