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The Austrian Yellow stands 
alone as regards color. The 
peculiar coppery red of the in¬ 
side of the single cup-shaped 
rose, combined with the pure 
gold of the outside, has no dupli¬ 
cate among roses or any other 
flower. Like the others of this 
trio, it is a wreath rose, bloom¬ 
ing at short intervals along the 
trailing branches. Fountain like, 
arching its branches, dipping its 
tips to the green earth on a bright 
sunshiny day, the striking bril¬ 
liancy of this unique briar of 
Indian red and gold will catch 
and hold the attention of even 
the most casual observer. 
None of these roses propa¬ 
gates well from cuttings. The 
Persian and Austrian are budded 
upon Manetti or other hardy 
stock, but Harrison's Yellow re¬ 
produces itself by scions. Al¬ 
though single flowered, with pol¬ 
len laden stigmas, it is a very 
shy seed bearer; yet it has the 
distinction of being one of the 
seed parents of Lord Penzance, 
the only yellow rose among the Lord Pen¬ 
zance hybrid sweet briars. It is the result 
of the cross between Harrison’s Yellow and 
sweet briar Simplex. Its primrose yellow 
is inherited from one parent and the sweet 
scented foliage from the others. 
Salmon is as much pink as yellow. Gloire 
de Dijon is distinctly salmon, beautiful in 
pink and yellow with blendings of inter¬ 
mediate tints; nevertheless the full blown 
roses are frequently pure golden yellow. 
It is the most conspicuous example in the 
world of one rose very much more hardy 
than any other of the numerous roses of 
In Harrison’s yelloio is mxich of the 
charm of the Old South-—a hospitahle 
simplicitxj that the larger roses lack 
its class. Just what ,is the reason for this 
we cannot be sure, but the fact remains. 
The color of a rose makes no difference 
in its mode of culture. A rose is a rose 
no matter what its kind or where it grows. 
The class to which the majority of yellow 
roses belongs is not entirely hardy north of 
Baltimore or Washington. Some protection 
Aglaia is one of the hardiest of 
all, a deep yellow rambler that 
blooms profusehj for six weeks or so 
must be given, but whether for 
better or worse depends upon 
several things. First, the roses 
ought to be prepared to meet the 
cold of winter by having water 
and stimulating culture with¬ 
drawn during late summer and 
early autumn. This tends to 
check new and tender growth and 
to harden the wood. Then they 
had better stand cold enough to 
show visible effect, than to be 
put under a protective cover too 
early in the season. 
When the weather forecast is 
for severe cold, is the time to 
cover roses. They are then dor¬ 
mant and will remain so until 
spring. Some ventilation is es¬ 
sential through whatever mate¬ 
rial the covering consists of ; this 
is one reason why evergreen 
boughs are so popular as pro¬ 
tective agencies. 
As important as anything per¬ 
taining to winter protection is 
not to uncover too early in the 
spring. Warm waves are fol¬ 
lowed by cold, and having been 
covered, roses are more injured than bene¬ 
fited by exposure to the inviting sunny 
weather of early spring. 
Winter is winter, even in the orange belt. 
There are climatic differences, north and 
south, to which roses must be adapted. Cold 
in the north is settled and consistent; in the 
south, fickle and capricious. The warm 
blanket of snow covers the northern gar¬ 
dens safely through the winter. In south¬ 
ern gardens, growth is induced by warm 
waves all winter long, and the succeeding 
cold waves make the plants suffer propor¬ 
tionately and sometimes seriously. 
Persian Yellow and Harrison’s 
Yellow bloom at the same time. 
The former, however, is a deep 
chrome yellow and more sub¬ 
stantial in appearance 
Lord Penzance is descended from 
Harrison's Yellow. Its color is a 
soft fawn, shading to lemon yel- 
loio in the center, and some¬ 
times tinged with pink 
