. The blossom circle of the year in southern gardens. Gardening. OLD-FASHIONED ROSES 67. Frau Karl Druschki, the handsomest of all white Roses, although a hybrid perpetual, blooms more than once during the southern year CHAPTER VI OLD-FASHIONED ROSES—HOW TO GROW THEM AS far as the preparation of the soil and general cultural direc- tions are concerned, any good article on Rose planting applies to the South no less than to other sections. There, how- ever, we must stop and hew out for ourselves a new road to meet the climatic and growing conditions that confront us. Many years our gardens can s
. The blossom circle of the year in southern gardens. Gardening. OLD-FASHIONED ROSES 67. Frau Karl Druschki, the handsomest of all white Roses, although a hybrid perpetual, blooms more than once during the southern year CHAPTER VI OLD-FASHIONED ROSES—HOW TO GROW THEM AS far as the preparation of the soil and general cultural direc- tions are concerned, any good article on Rose planting applies to the South no less than to other sections. There, how- ever, we must stop and hew out for ourselves a new road to meet the climatic and growing conditions that confront us. Many years our gardens can show Roses from early March to late November and often December. South of Nashville no protection is needed for any varieties; even the tender Niphetos and the tenderer Marechal Niel go safely through our severest Winters. We might almost say, "Plant Roses and let them alone, and warm sunshine and gentle rains will do the ; If it were possible for me to have only one kind of a flower in my garden that one would be a Rose. No other flower so well repays one for all the attention showered upon it, nor does so well without care. December and January are always Rose planting and Rose pruning time in the Southern States. After the first heavy frost. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dillon, Julia Lester. New York, N. Y. , A. T. De La Mare Co.
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