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THE EVERBLOOMING ROSES 
THE EVERBLOOMING ROSES 
INCLUDING HYBRID TEA, PERNETIANA, AND TEA ROSES 
B Y FAR the larger number of Roses grown in the gardens and dooryards of America 
k are in the so-called “everblooming” class, though it would be much better if the 
class came to be known as including “recurrent-blooming” Roses. The distinction 
between these Roses and all other Roses hardy in the northern part of the United States, 
save the separately mentioned Polyantha class, is that these recurrent-blooming sorts 
furnish flowers on the new growth through the blooming season, and if they are kept growdng 
one crop of bloom succeeds another; wherefore they are called “everblooming.” 
Among these Roses are found the results of the utmost endeavors of the great Rose 
hybridizers of the world for more than a half-century since Guillot in 1867 sent out the 
first Hybrid Tea, La France. In this half-century of endeavor, size, form, variety of color, 
fragrance, and general beauty and adaptability have all advanced more than in the previous 
two thousand years of Rose history. 
These Roses are approximately hardy over the intensive garden sections of the United 
States, and are freely grown in Canada and regions as cold with suitable and not difficult 
protection. But though they should not survive a winter, it is the belief of many Rose- 
lovers that these everblooming Roses fully justify themselves within one season, for it is 
entirely practicable to plant Roses early in the spring and to secure from the resulting 
vigorously growing bushes so great a reward in lovely flowers as to far more than repay 
the moderate expenditure involved. 
It is in the production of these most important of all Roses in American gardens that 
skill, experience, and research count for most. Our American-grown, outdoor-reared 
plants, which have not passed a single moment under glass in greenhouses, are budded on 
the best stock known to commerce, and are consequently such as will give assured satis¬ 
faction under proper handling. 
Beds of Roses in formal garden 
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