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For all these pests it is best to be ready and 
give them their medicine before they have had 
time to do much damage or incrase in num¬ 
bers. “The early bird catches the worm.” 
Mildew —Sudden changes of temperature 
may cause mildew, and it cannot be prevented 
as it can in the greenhouse. Dusting the 
bushes with sulphur will assist in preventing it. 
Keep up the cultivation, furnish moisture, and 
as the weather grows warm again the plants 
will revive and outgrow the disease. 
The Red Spider —Is most likely to attack the 
bushes when it is dry and warm. They are 
very small and are not discovered until they 
have become numerous. The bushes begin to 
look unhealthy and the leaves have a sickly 
appearance and will begin to drop off unless 
the insects are killed before they have reached 
the last stages of disease. They can be con¬ 
trolled by spraying with cold water and keep¬ 
ing the bushes quite damp. Morning is the 
best time in which to do it, and the under part 
of the leaves requires special attention. 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses are the result of the 
crossing of various types of the old-fashioned 
hardy perpetual blooming varieties of this and 
foreign countries, and are more hardy than 
the Hybrid Teas. 
Hybrid Tea Roses, sometimes called monthly 
ever-blooming roses, are the results of cross¬ 
ing of the Hybrid Perpetual varieties with the 
class known as Tea Roses such as are used in 
greenhouses for forcing. This last cross is 
more productive of flowers but not quite as 
hardy. 
The Hybrid Tea Roses should be protected 
in winter by mounding up dirt eight or ten 
inches about each plant and covering as di¬ 
rected under “Protection.” 
Hybrid Rugosa is a cross of the extremely 
hardy Japanese Rugosa Rose with our Hybrid 
Perpetual varieties. These crosses are usually 
very hardy and stand the severe winters of 
Northern Minnesota and the Dakotas. 
Distance Apart to Plant —Moss Rose, Har¬ 
rison Yellow and the Rugosa Roses may be 
set 2 to 3 feet apart—Hybrid Perpetual and 
Hybrid Tea varieties, 1% to 2 feet. 
In the list which follows, H. P. after the 
name indicates Hybrid Perpetual; H. T., Hy¬ 
brid Tea; H. R., Hybrid Rugosa; C., Climbing 
Roses, and M., Moss varieties. 
AMERICAN BEAUTY —(H. P.) One of the 
largest and most beautiful of all the hardy 
roses. A strong grower and continuous 
bloomer. Flowers very large, double, of rich 
deep rosy crimson. Very fragrant. For cut 
flowers it reigns supreme. 
AMERICAN PILLAR —(C.) A single-flower¬ 
ing variety of great beauty, which appeals 
to everyone. The flowers are of enormous 
size, 3 to 4 inches across, of a lovely shade 
of pink, with a clear white eye and cluster 
of yellow stamens. These flowers are borne 
in immense bunches, and a large plant in 
full bloom is a sight not easily forgotten. 
They last in perfection a long time, and 
are followed by brilliant red berries, which 
are carried late into the winter; and as the 
plant frequently retains its lovely green 
foliage until the end of November, it forms 
a beautiful decorative subject throughout the 
autumn months. 
BABY RAMBLER —(H. P.) A wonderful lit¬ 
tle novelty, with large trusses of bright 
crimson flowers similar to those of Crimson 
Rambler. But instead of climbing, the plants 
form compact bushes not over eighteen inches 
high. Strictly a bedding rose, and most de¬ 
sirable in pots. This plant can be potted in 
the fall after it has shed its leaves, taken 
inside and flowered in the house. 
BABY RAMBLER (White) —(H. P.) Identi¬ 
cal with the above except blossoms are an 
ivory white. 
BABY RAMBLER (Pink) — (H. P.) Same as 
the above except blossoms are pink. 
BELLE POITEVINE—(H. R.) An extremely 
vigorous grower. Very hardy. Large, double 
flowers of clear rose-pink. Every tip laden 
with immense pink bouquets. Very attrac¬ 
tive. 
CHAS. K. DOUGLAS — (H. T.) A very fine 
bright red rose which is becoming very pop¬ 
ular as its merits are known. Flowers are 
large, semi-double, brilliant light crimson 
with a scarlet undertone, and are produced 
in great numbers throughout the season. 
CLIMBING AMERICAN BEAUTY —(C.) A 
very popular early bloomer producing a pro¬ 
fusion of long-stemmed, fragrant flowers 
often three inches in diameter and red in 
color. The long stems make this one of the 
most desirable Climbing Roses for cutting. 
On the porch trellis it is mag'nificent, with the 
flowers almost covering the entire vine. Per¬ 
fectly hardy. 
COLUMBIA —(H. T.) One of the best bedding 
and cutting roses. Beautifully formed buds 
of lovely pink, deepening in color as they 
open. Large, very free flowering, and so 
fragrant. 
CONRAD F. MEYER —(H. R.) Large elegant¬ 
ly formed buds and flowers, 3% to 4 inches 
across and perfectly double; color, silvery 
pink, very fragrant. Entirely hardy and de¬ 
sirable in every way. 
CRIMSON RAMBLER — (C.) The famous 
Crimson-clustered climber, so extremely ef¬ 
fective when grown on pillars and trellises. 
Makes shoots 8 to 10 feet long in a season. 
Flowers are produced, from ground to tip, in 
large, pyramidal clusters of thirty to forty- 
Combined with the waxy pale green, red- 
veined foliage, the crimson mass of bloom 
makes an irresistible effect. 
