. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ROSE fouud among a miiidred varieties, aud this is particu- larly the case in places visited by heavy frosts, Ijati- rette remaining unseathed, while all others are more or less blasted. The great Rose of the eastern United States, American Beauty, is almost a complete failure here and is not worth growing exce
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. ROSE fouud among a miiidred varieties, aud this is particu- larly the case in places visited by heavy frosts, Ijati- rette remaining unseathed, while all others are more or less blasted. The great Rose of the eastern United States, American Beauty, is almost a complete failure here and is not worth growing except in a very few, well-favored gardeus, and even there it is far from being perfect. Many Roses, too, are of little value here unless budded or grafted. Of this class Marechal Niel is the most striking example. Instances may be found where this Rose has thrived unusually on its own roots, bnt such cases are marked exceptions. Some few peo pie maintain that all Roses are best on their own roots, but such -opinions are easily refuted by con- sulting any of our veteran rosarians. The undersigned does not advise the purchase of any such stock, no matter how much is claimed for it, or how widely advertised it may be. The best Roses he has ever seen were root- grafted, but of course this procedure is too expensive for the general nurseryman, and the bulk of our local ROSE 1571 winter and spring. La Prance for many years was the leading Rose in California and grow well, budded or on its own roots, in almost any locality, but is now rapidly becoming a thing of the past, though it can never be wholly disc XT led for it is still, in a few gardens, the queen ot the tamily. Its involuntary retirement from oui Rose gudens is due entirely to a "die back" (an- thiacnose), which affects many other plants than the Rose but seems to have a special liking for La France. Thus tai no cuie has been 2184. Full-blown flower of Madame Georges Bruant Rose. Natural size stock is budded
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