. American homes and gardens. sses, best of the Crimson Ramblers; Flower of Fair- of rosy white, borne in small clusters. HARDY TRAILING ROSES Gardenia, fragrant yellow flowers, freely borne; RubyQueen, large double ruby flowers, with white center; Man-das Triumph, double memorial, small, pure white flow-ers, very fragrant; Universal Favorite, fragrant, doublepink, similar to above; Wichuriana, the old favorite me-morial, single white flowers, fragrant, very hardy. CARE OF CLIMBING ROSES The hardy Climbing Roses do not need nearly as severe n6 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS April, 1913 treatment i
. American homes and gardens. sses, best of the Crimson Ramblers; Flower of Fair- of rosy white, borne in small clusters. HARDY TRAILING ROSES Gardenia, fragrant yellow flowers, freely borne; RubyQueen, large double ruby flowers, with white center; Man-das Triumph, double memorial, small, pure white flow-ers, very fragrant; Universal Favorite, fragrant, doublepink, similar to above; Wichuriana, the old favorite me-morial, single white flowers, fragrant, very hardy. CARE OF CLIMBING ROSES The hardy Climbing Roses do not need nearly as severe n6 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS April, 1913 treatment in the way ofpruning as the garden sortsdo—in fact, one of the greatdifferences between them isthat the former flower onold wood, while the latter donot. This makes it desir-able to prune them rightafter the flowering back the canes onlyabout one-fourth theirlength; and also prune anythat may rub together ormake the plant they grow older, the maincanes become gradually ofless use for flowering and. La Fr should be occasionally cut out, before they are actually dead,to make place for new growth. One of the commonestmistakes in the handling of Climbing Roses, is to let thenew growth reach full size and then attempt, with manyprickings and not infrequently, if the sad truth be told,without some petulance, to tie up the whole ungainly get them started right, and this work, if attended toregularly, will almost take care of itself, and the results train them to, nothing better can be found. The following very likely to fail, if Rugosa (or Ramanas)Roses are not only extreme-ly hardy, but require theleast of care. I know of onebank of them, put in for ascreen, which has not beentouched either in the way otcultivation or pruning, foryears, and yet every Sum-mer brings a most generoussupply of large, handsomeflowers, followed by giganticcrimson seed apples. Butfor best results they shouldbe pruned by cutting out eachyear a number of the
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