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getting a hold in the trade catalogs and which, because of their 
good qualities, should receive mpre encouragement than they 
are now receiving. They are Climbing Orleans and Climbing 
Baby Rambler (syn, Miss G. Messman), both vigorous growing 
forms of their dwarf namesakes and, in reality, overgrown bush 
roses w r hich will serve as such for mass planting in beds or as 
pillar roses. The name “Climbing” was probably given them to 
differentiate them from the dwarf bush types. Climbing Orleans 
grows faster than its partner and probably blossoms more freely 
if such a thing is possible. They are full and persistent bloom¬ 
ers until frost, a quality much sought in a climbing rose. The 
Orleans particularly has no faults. 
A new class of bush everbearing roses fast coming into 
leadership as a commercial nursery crop are the Rugosas and 
their Hybrids. They are hardy into the far northern states and 
Canada where they withstand the coldest winter conditions with¬ 
out protection. They blossom all season long, are strong and 
vigorous growing like the hardy people they are intended to 
serve, have thick, dark green, wrinkled foliage and some varie¬ 
ties with big red and others with yellow seed helps for attraction 
during winter. The prominent varieties are: 
planted. 
In Hybrid Teas the leaders are. of course, the three Radiances 
—Radiance, Red Radiance and Mrs. Chas. Bell, the flesh pink 
sport; all alike in form of flower and habit of growth; only dif¬ 
ferent in color. They are the standby for long stemmed cut 
flowers every day of the entire growing season. 
Red Letter Day is a winner, being a very attractive bright red, 
even though it is nearly single. When it becomes known to the 
trade the old standby, Gruss an Teplitz, will have a hard race 
for further favor as a bedding rose as it is a much better and 
easier grower, better color and a very attractive bud. It has 
more winning ways. It was one of Dr. Van Fleet’s favorites in 
his hybridizing work. It is purely a bedding rose and should be 
sold as such. A companion rose, having the same general 
characteristics in size of plant and flower, prolific blossoming, 
etc., is Betty, described as coppery rose and again as orange 
salmon, and listed as one of the sixteen best in Captain Thomas’ 
book of “Outdoor Rose Growing.” To see it is to love it. 
Antonio Revoire does well out doors with us and gives us 
many cut flowers. It serves as Ophelia for the florists for their 
summer trade and is the only known parent of that rose and its 
Propagating Frames at the Pontiac Nurseries, Oakland County, Michigan. 
Hansa, strongest growing of all with large full double red 
flowers; Belle Poitevine, not quite so rank a grower but the best 
double pink; Sir Thomas Lipton, the best double white; Mrs. 
Chas. Frederick Worth, another vigorous growing double red, 
the flowers not as heavy as Hansa but a clearer, brighter red; 
Agnes Emily Carman, a new red; Blanc double de Coubert, 
another good white but more prostrate than Lipton; Rugosa 
rubra, the single red and R. alba, the single white. New Century 
is a pretty light pink with lighter colored foliage than the others 
but is a very poor grower and requires two years to make a 
sizeable sales plant. Conard F. Meyer, although a hybrid Ru¬ 
gosa is of a type of growth more like the H Ps (one of its 
parents). It has a splendid large pink flower and the character¬ 
istic thorniness of the Rugosa. F. J. Grootendorst is the Baby 
Rambler Rugosa, because it is a Baby Rambler on a Rugosa 
plant, carrying with it all the characteristics of its dwarf pro¬ 
genitor except its dwarf habit for it grows to be a bush several 
feet tall and blossoms all season long without the least let-up, 
covering the entire plant with the pretty Baby Rambler Roses. 
The growth, leaf, thorns and other habits are Rugosa. Just 
• think of having a Baby Rambler rose which may be planted in 
the below zero sections of this continent and not requiring any 
winter protection. 
The demand for these cold climate roses is greater than the 
supply and they are meeting with great favor wherever they are 
galaxy of wonder flower descendants, Mrs. Charles Russell, 
Premier. Mms. Butterfly, Columbia and other popular green¬ 
house varieties. Of these Columbia is proving itself good for 
outdoor growing. It defoliates somewhat during the heat of 
summer. 
With Jonkherr J. L. Mock included we probably cover the 
leaders in Hybrid Teas. Sunburst is rather sparing with its 
bloom. 
In the Tea class there are three which every yard should 
have—Maman Cochet, White Cochet and Mrs. B. R. Gant (red), 
with possibly a fourth, Wm. R. Smith, in habit like the Cochets 
but of a distinctive flesh color. In Texas we only get nice, long 
stemmed roses from these varieties in the real early spring dur¬ 
ing the first flush of bloom and during the cool fall season. They 
are really more beautiful in the fall. During the summer the hot 
sun scalds the petals. 
Among the Hybrid Perpetuals we find the following varieties 
popular. General Jacqueminot, red, so old that it (“Gen. Jack”) 
is a household word and people ask for it because they do not 
know of any other. There is a better red, of about the same age, 
though not as rank a grower as to number of canes per plant— 
Capt. Hayward—having a fuller flower, stronger stems and, with 
us in Texas is a continuous bloomer from May until frost. Ul¬ 
rich Brunner will always be popular because no other HP has 
the dazzling cherry red color. J. B. Clark is a most excellent 
