(Floribundas continued) 
The Floribunda group, intermediary between the hybrid tea and the polyantha, is 
particularly adaptable to landscape use and is quickly finding its place and justi¬ 
fying its existence. 
Among many other people of our country who have not previously been successful 
with roses, I predict a great future for the more easily cultivated Floribunda 
branch of the rose family. 
MORE ABOUT THE FLORIBUNDAS 
Floribunda is a group especially bred for mass planting and garden decoration. 
It is the development of an idea evolved from the necessity for having an interme¬ 
diary group between the very rugged small flowered Polyanthas and the large flowered 
Hybrid Teas. 
The Floribunda is a group not a strain because these roses are derived from 
various arctic species sources. 
As this group develops we find sturdy, hardy, very bushy plants of medium 
height. They have carried the continuous blooming habit of the Polyanthas with the 
larger flowers of its other parents. 
The flowers are fairly large ranging in petalage from single to very double. A 
distinctive feature is the persistence with;which the flowers retain their shape and 
color even in the hottest summer sun. And when cut, they grace milady's vases in 
center pieces and about the house for surprisingly long periods. The group has the 
cluster type of inflorescence, with occasional flowers coming singly. 
The bushes are rugged enough so that they will thrive in regular borders and 
perennial borders and as attractive edgings. 
The rose is pre-eminently a garden flower and this new group brings it more 
closely to the perennial status in garden ornamentation; permanence, continuity of 
bloom, and ease of culture. 
Of course, these varieties produce the best mass effects when planted closely 
fourteen or fifteen inches apart in large groups, masses or borders. They will 
blanket the ground and the foliage will be almost hidden by the blooms. 
FLORIBUNDA VARIETIES NOW AVAILABLE 
Some of these varieties have previously been classed under either Hybrid Teas 
or Hybrid Polyanthas and are now segregated in this class to offer a more 
intelligent separation to the less initiated garden enthusiasts. 
To the varieties Anne Poulsen, Carillon, White Gruss an Aachen, Rochester, 
Gruss an Aachen, Snowbank, Permanent Wave, Else Poulsen, Golden Main and several 
others, we are adding this year several very attractive novelties. 
