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The Cathayensis variety 
of Multiflora rose is from 
West China. It may be 
easily trained to groiv as 
a shrub 
imu yeiieruiiy im¬ 
mune from mildew 
and insect attacks, is 
early crowned with a 
cloud of lovely white 
flowers, and when 
these have passed re¬ 
mains in full green 
beauty until frost 
finishes the show. 
The altaica form of 
Rosa spi no si ssima 
has been called the 
Northern Cherokee 
rose, and is of the 
utmost consequence 
as a potential gar¬ 
den object. It comes 
from the Altai moun¬ 
tains, in Siberia, 
which is far enough 
from Scotland! At 
Professor Sargent’s 
lovely home garden 
in Brookline this 
same rose has been 
known as the gran- 
diflora form of Rosa 
spinosissima, and its 
large flowers, grace¬ 
fully displayed,make 
it an object of note. 
Rosa Multiflora 
The story of the 
Crimson Rambler 
rose, which was the 
forerunner of the better climbing roses now 
coming to dominate American gardens, is an 
interesting one which I have not space to tell. 
I must speak of its primary Chinese form, 
Rosa viiiltiflora, var. Cathayensis, which pro¬ 
duces long shoots, singularly flexible and 
adapted to drape themselves over any rugged 
support, remaining attractive the whole season, 
and extraordinarily lovely when covered in 
June with the masses of rich pink flowers sur¬ 
rounding the clusters of yellow stamens. This 
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For roadside plant¬ 
ing, or in the wide 
garden border, the 
Japanese Multiflora 
rose is strikingly 
effective 
It is due to the 
misfortune that 
America’s ornamen¬ 
tal shrubs came first 
from Europe, the cli¬ 
mate of which does 
not run with the rug¬ 
ged weather of east¬ 
ern America, that we 
so long missed many 
of the good things 
available to us from 
eastern Asia, includ¬ 
ing Japan, West 
China, and even the 
borders of far Tibet, 
along the Himalayas. 
Some of these fine 
things have grad¬ 
ually worked their 
way into American 
gardens to vast ad¬ 
vantage. The wild 
roses of Japan and 
China have pleased 
those who think of 
roses other than in 
beds that are dis¬ 
reputable at least part of every growing season 
and invisible under protective covering during 
the winter months. It is, indeed, these winter 
months when the grace and color of the twigs 
and the brightness and beauty of the fruits 
make some of these wild roses not only desir¬ 
able to look at, but almost life itself to the 
winter birds. 
The various forms of the Scotch rose, botan- 
ically known as Rosa spinosissima, are shrubs 
of interesting beauty and grace. Their foliage 
comes early in the spring, is beautifully green. 
Climbing roses trained 
to four-foot posts, and 
pruned to short spurs, 
make effective garden 
displays 
a certain extent in 
Highland Park, 
Rochester — of the 
wild roses of other 
lands which take 
kindly to American 
conditions. 
Oriental Varieties 
