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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
HORTICULTURE 
And Kindred Interests 
(Department managed by a North Shore Gardener) 
Alexander Cummings, of the A. N. 
Pierson Co., of Cromwell, Conn., was 
the speaker at the semi-monthly 
meeting of the North Shore Horti- 
cultural society held in Lee’s hall at 
Manchester last Friday evening. Mr. 
Cummings, who was in charge at 
Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Conn., for 
nine years, took for his subject, 
“Outdoor Roses.” . 
4 GARDEN ROSES 
“The genus ‘Rosa’ includes numer- 
ous distinct types,’ said Mr. Cum- 
mings “some of which are unfamiliar 
to the average plantsman, and many 
in fact, are of little value except in 
a botanical or historical way. The 
_ types that are indigenous to America, 
however, are used extensively in land- 
scape planting and can be used in the 
garden in a limited way for heavy 
massing or bordering; but the types 
really desirable for garden culture 
would include only the Hybrid Per- 
petual or Remontant roses, the Tea 
Scented and Hybrid Tea Scented, the 
Dwarf Polyantha or Baby Ramblers, 
the climbing Polyantha, the Hybrid 
Wichuriana, and the Pernetiana 
roses. 
“The ‘Hybrid Perpetual’ section is 
not perpetual flowering, as the name 
might imply. Several of the varieties, 
particularly those of recent introduct- 
ion, will flower more or less freely 
during the autumn months; but the 
type, as a whole, is not by any means 
perpetual flowering. During the rose 
months, June and July, they are at 
their best, and at that time will ex- 
ceed all other types in point of dis- 
play. This good quality combined 
with their unusual hardiness makes 
them particularly desirable for cer- 
tain purposes. 
“On many of our largest and best 
kept private estates it is the habit 
of the family to go abroad or else- 
where during the hot summer months, 
consequently they expect the garden 
to be at its best during the early and 
late parts of the season. It is in in- 
stances like this that the Hybrid Per- 
petual-roses should be planted in 
predominating quantities. . 
“A selection of varieties suitable 
for this purpose would include in red 
or crimson colors, the varieties Al- 
fred Colomb, Fisher Holmes, Prince 
C. de Rohan, Horace Vernet, Ulrich 
Brunner, Gloire de C. Guinoisseau 
and Hugh Dickson; in pink, Mrs. J. 
Laing, Mrs. R. G. S. Crawford, Paul 
Neyron, and Suzanne M. Rodocan- 
achi; in white and flesh shades, Clio, 
Frau Karl Druschki, Marg. Dickson 
and Gloire Lyonnaise. These varie- 
ties are not all autumnal flowering, 
but in June and July will make a 
gorgeous display. 
HYBRID TEA ROSES 
“The Hybrid Tea section, although 
comparatively new, is easily the most 
popular for general garden culture. 
This type was obtained by crossing 
the Tea roses with hardier types, 
principally the Hybrid Perpetual 
roses and the varieties now in com- 
merce, combine largely the fragrance, 
color and free flowering qualities of 
the former with the hardiness of the 
latter. With a judicious selection of 
Hybrid Tea roses it is possible to 
have flowers in quantity from late 
June until frost. The soft color 
blending of some of the kinds and 
the long stemmed flowers make them 
extremely useful for cutting purposes 
at seasons when it is difficult to find 
cut flowers in any quantity, 
“There are so many excellent va- 
tieties to select from that it would be 
useless to attempt naming every varie- 
ty of merit. A few of the best how- 
ever are named as follows: red and 
crimson—Laurent Carle, Gruss an 
Teplitz, Etoile de France, Ceneral 
Superieur A. Jannsen, Robin Hood. 
and General MacArthur: pink shades 
—Caroline Testout, Radiance, Koni- 
gin Carola, Jonkheer J. L, Mock, 
Lady Alice Stanley, Mad. J. Grolez, 
Cynthia Forde and Madam Leon 
Pain, The good yellow varieties are 
as yet somewhat limited but Madame 
Ravary, Mad. J. Gillemot, Melanie 
Soupert, Mrs. A. Ward and Mad. 
Chas. Lutaud are all very desirable 
for garden planting. Kaiserin A. 
Victoria is still one of the very best 
white roses. Bessie Brown and 
Double White Killarney are also very 
desirable. The varieties of interme- 
diate colors or blended shades includ- 
ing white, pink, yellow. apricot, 
orange, etc., are rapidly increasing, 
and we have very fine bedding exam- 
ples of this type in Lady Periere, 
Earl of Warwick. Dorothy Page 
Roberts. Antoine Rivoire, Dean Hole 
and Betty. 
“Among the newer Hvbrid Tea 
roses there are some varieties worthy 
of special mention. The hardy Robin 
Hood is a new rose of wonderful 
bedding qualities. In the early part 
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of the season the flowers open a soft 
rosy scarlet, deepening as the season 
advances, to bright scarlet crimson. 
The growth is unusually vigorous 
and always healthy in appearance and 
every growth terminates in a boid 
massive flower of excellent build. 
Apparently this is going to be one of 
our best garden roses. Laurent Carle 
and Gen, Sup, A. Jannsen are each 
greatly improved types of the red 
garden rose. In Luise Lilia we have 
a flower that is the deepest in this 
color, being blood red with almost 
black shadings; the fragrance is ex- 
ceptionally pungent, but yet delicate. 
This gives promise of being a thor- 
oughly distinct and desirable acquisi- 
tion. The most prominent of the 
European novelties is perhaps ‘Old 
Gold,’ a reddish orange variety, sent 
out by McGredy, who describes it as 
the most beautiful rose in existence. 
While it has not been thoroughly 
tried out, it appears to be a variety 
of excellent habit and should prove to 
be a garden rose of a distinct and 
most desirable color. 
TEA ROSES : 
“In the genuine Tea Scented sec- 
tion we find a wide range of delicate 
colors and the sweetest fragrance. 
Unfortunately, this class is, with a 
few notable exceptions, too tender 
for general garden culture in our cli- 
mate. The hot summer months and 
severe winters seem to devitalize the 
miore delicate varieties. In the white 
and pink Cockets and Wm. R. Smith, 
we have a trio of Tea roses that are 
as hardy as the average H. T. and 
are splendid summer and autumn 
bloomers. Lady Hillingdon is one of 
the very best garden roses we have 
and will, when better known, be used 
extensively for bedding purposes. 
BABY RAMBLER 
“The Dwarf Polyantha or Baby 
Rambler type is also one of recent 
introduction and each season gives us 
greatly improved varieties. They are 
used largely for bedding, underplant- 
ing, and bordering, and are indeed at- 
tractive additions to the rose garden. 
“Orleans, Jessie, Perle des Rougis 
and the original Baby Rambler are 
quite desirable red varicties. Anchen 
Muller, Mrs. Cutbush, Baby Dorothy 
and Baby Tausendschon are good 
pink kinds. Katherine Zeimet and 
Pacquerette are excellent whites. 
Marie Pavie, white with a rose cen- 
ter, is one of the oldest kinds of this 
group, but ts one of the very best for 
bedding. It flowers continually, is 
auite hardy, and is worth planting 
in quantity. : 
“There are some fine additions to 
the Baby Rambler class among the 
