Learn the Characteristics of Each Family of Rose Children 
Before You Decide Upon Which Ones to Adopt 
No other family of plants, probably, is more widely spread over the face of the earth than the Rose. Few other plants have in 
the same genus so many different types and species. Thus it is that, from the tiny midget Roses to those of untold age and marvelous 
dimensions, we find every size of bush and almost every habit of growth. 
Landscape architects, the expert users of Roses, call for many different types to fashion their garden pictures. You, too , reader, 
may add refreshing variety and the charm of novelty to your garden picture if, first, you know each separate family and its traits. 
To help you, we indicate below only a few of these families and the broader classifications. On page 8 are some of the ways in 
which Roses may best be used. 
Compare each paragraph as numbered with corresponding illustration below, to assist in comparing types 
1. Creeping Roses. See kind marked • on page 18. 
The Wichuraiana Rose which clings close to the ground. It 
throws out runners which sucker and fasten themselves tightly, 
thus making them valuable on embankments, as “a thing of 
beauty,” and also to prevent the soil from washing. 
2. Baby Roses. See page 16. 
Polyantha, also called Baby Ramblers, even in the bush form 
which do not ramble at all. They are remarkable for an almost 
constant display of bloom. Quantities of small blossoms in clus¬ 
ters cover the bushes throughout a longer uninterrupted period 
than almost any other family. They are used as individual 
specimens, for low hedges, for solid beds or for edging, and are 
unsurpassed for cemetery planting. 
3. Bush Roses 
We describe them here in two sizes (a) and (b). 
(a) SHORT. IS to 30 inches. See pages IS to 17. 
Most of the Roses in the Tea and Hybrid Tea classes, also 
the Bourbons, Bengals and Chinas, belong to this group, like 
the Killarneys, Cochets, and the Roses in our Reliable 
Dozen (p. 50). 
(b) TALL. 3 to 4 feet or more. See pages 24 and 25. 
Most of the Hybrid Perpetuals with larger and fewer flowers 
are in this group, and some Hybrid Teas, like Gruss an Teplitz. 
Among Hybrid Perpetuals, Hugh Dickson, J. B. Clark and 
Frau Karl Druschki often grow larger than the others. 
4. Shrub Size Roses 
We speak of this group in this manner because they are too 
large to plant with other Roses in the Bush Rose beds, but rather 
do they lend themselves for use on the lawn, either in groups or 
as specimens, much as you would plant shrubbery. The Rugosas, 
on page 22, make robust bushes, 3 to 4 feet through and 
4 to 6 feet high. Some grow stronger than this. 
Their compactness and uniformity also commend them 
for hedge uses. Harison’s Yellow (p. 23) is in the shrub 
class, as is the wonderful new Hugonis (inside 
front page); also the Sweet- 
briar and Moss Roses, p. 23. 
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5. Pillar Roses 
This term, or phrase, is better known and more used abroad 
than in America. May Queen Rose (p. 20), Golden Rambler (p. 17), 
and other Roses, including Birdie Blye (p. 17), and some 
too large to be well-behaved Bush Roses and not large enough to 
be vigorous climbers, are tied to a stake or support and called 
Pillar Roses. The stronger growing climbers, like American 
Pillar, may likewise be cut back and so trained. 
6. Climbing Roses 
There is almost as much variety in Climbing 
Roses as in all above five groups combined. The 
most valuable group of Climbers are the hardy 
ones which bloom only during the spring and early 
summer—the Mtiltifloras, and the Wichuraianas 
and their Hybrids, bloom in clusters. See pp. 18, 
19, 20, and 21. Nearly all of these grow to a great 
height (see cut, p. 19). The Wichuraiana family 
has most pliable branches and are easily trained. 
The other large group of Climbers are less hardy but 
bloom riotously in the spring and some during 
summer and fall; they are climbing sports of the 
Teas, Hybrid Teas and Polyanthas (see page 17). 
Climbing Mile. Cecile Brunner is a grand, hardy, 
everblooming climber. 
Hardiness 
All Roses on pp. 18 to 27 
(except p. 23) are quite 
hardy. Roses, pp. 10 to 17 
inclusive, need winter pro¬ 
tection in latitude north of 
Philadelphia. For winter pro¬ 
tection see pp. 28 and 29 in 
“How to Grow Roses '' (p. 9). 
Creeping Roses 
Tea and 
Hybrid Tea 
Hybrid 
Perpetual 
Shrub Rose 
Rugosas, etc. 
Pillar 
Roses 
Climbing 
Roses 
IN GROWING YOUR OWN ROSES 
SUCCESS WITH ROSES depends partly upon the quality 
of the plants we send, but quite as much upon your knowledge of 
what to get and how to treat what you get. Therefore this 
and the following page (8). 
Even Rose-growing may be discouraging, unless, in the 
first place, you have the knowledge of how to get what you want. 
It’s the “know how” at the start that insures success and 
satisfaction at the finish. 
You or your architect must picture your house before you build 
it; to do this, seeing what others have done will help you to 
formulate your own ideas, and, what is quite as important, to 
know your materials and their possibilities. Pages 7 and 8 are 
to help you “Know the joy of having your own Roses.” 
West Grove, penna. 
Rose Specialists 
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