What Roses to Plant
For blooms for cut flowers, you will plant many Hybrid Tea roses, and some few Hybrid Perpetuals; for, while Hybrid Perpetuals bloom plentifully only in June, and have a few blooms in the Autumn, they are so large and magnificent that no one wishes to do without the following:
Hybrid Perpetual Roses
(Abbreviation: H. P.)
Hybrid Perpetual Rosesbloom profusely in
June, and a few times
in Summer; quite well
in the Fall. They are
very hardy. Prune after
June blooming to get Autumn blooms. | — | | Paul Neyron:One of the largest roses in existence; a deep pink in color.
Frau Karl Druschki:Pure white, large and perfect in form. Buds sometimes 3 inches long. Blooms well.
Mrs. John Laing:
Soft pink, very fragrant and free
flowering; one of the best.
Prince Camille de Rohan:
Deep crimson maroon. |
There are several other very desirable Hybrid Perpetual roses, but the name of one only of each color has been listed, because one has so much more pleasure in cutting a half dozen buds of the same color and form than a mixture of different kinds.
Even if one has space for many rose bushes, there is a great deal more satisfaction in having two or more bushes of the same variety than many different kinds, for a bouquet of the same kind of flowers is so much more beautiful than an assortment.
Perhaps you thought that the words Hybrid Perpetual meant continuous blooming. Many a grown person has made this mistake in looking over the seedsmen’s catalogs. Probably the name Perpetual refers to the fact that the plant lives over from year to year and has such a long life. In England, however, Hybrid Perpetuals bloom for a much longer time than in our country, for the climate is better suited to roses.
Of the many, many beautiful Hybrid Tea roses, you will wish red, white, pink, and yellow; and you will be pleased if you grow some of the following:
Hybrid Tea Roses
(Abbreviation: H. T.)
Hybrid Tea Roses are
free-blooming, hardy,
and combine to a large
degree the beauty of
color of the H. P.
with the fragrance and
continuance of bloom
of the Tea roses. | — | | Red:
1. General McArthur.
A satisfactory bloomer, crimson scarlet.
Good for cutting.
2. Gruss an Teplitz.
Bright crimson. Pretty foliage. Flowers in
clusters on a weak stem. A constant
bloomer, and very desirable for that
reason, and for the color and form of
foliage.
White:
1. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.
Pearly white, tinged with light yellow. A
very satisfactory rose.
2. Innocence.
White. A good bloomer
Pink:
1. Caroline Testout.
Very good for color and hardiness.
Fragrant; blooms freely.
2. Killarney.
A general favorite, because of good color
and form, and a continuous bloomer. Subject
to mildew.
3. La France.
Excellent. Very fragrant. Charming in
color.
Other excellent pink roses:
Lady Ashtown.
Killarney Brilliant.
Yellow:
1. Duchess of Wellington.
Deep yellow and orange. Excellent bloomer.
2. Mrs. Aaron Ward.
Indian yellow; free blooming.
3. Marquise de Sinety.
A magnificent rose of sunset shades, but
not so easily cared for, nor so free
blooming, as Duchess of Wellington.
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In looking over these lists, perhaps you are wondering why you do not find the name of the rose, American Beauty, so dear to American hearts. The American Beauty rose is not hardy, and is grown under glass, and as we are considering only out-of-door roses, it is not listed.
If you happen to live in the warm climate of the South or in California, you can have the luxury of growing the more tender roses, and I am giving you a list of some of the best Tea roses.
Do not attempt to raise them if you live where there is much snow in winter; a few of these might “winter over” if well protected, but with the many exquisite Hybrid Tea roses, it is only a waste of time for young gardeners to experiment.
List of Tea (Scented)
Roses
Tender roses which
require extraordinary
winter protection in
the vicinity of
New York. Do not prune severely. | — | | Red:
There are no dark red tea roses, the
nearest perhaps being Souvenir de
Catherine Guillet, coppery-carmine, shaded
with yellow.
White:
1. Mrs. Herbert Stevens.
Beautiful in form. Sometimes tinged with
faint pink shadings.
2. White Mamam Cochet.
White, sometimes tinged with pink.
Pink:
Mamam Cochet.
Hardiest of all Tea roses; excellent for
cutting. Free blooming.
Duchesse de Brabant.
Most fragrant. Silvery pink.
Yellow:
1. Lady Hillingdon.
Reddish yellow; a beautiful rose.
2. Souvenir de Pierre Notting.
Canary-yellow, deeper in center.
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Below is a list of Climbing Roses. Climbing roses were brought into existence in a way similar to any of the other new roses.
Hardy Climbing Roses
(For places where the winters bring snow) | — | | Red:
Excelsa.
A great improvement on the Crimson Rambler,
the foliage being nearly free from mildew.
Blooms in June.
American Beauty Climbing Rose.
Resembling the American Beauty in shade;
blooms are of quite good size, on weak stems,
but rather good for cutting. A desirable
rose, but not for showy effect.
Pink:
Dorothy Perkins.
A splendid rose; grows very rapidly,
sometimes 20 feet in a season. Flowers in
clusters. Foliage charming. Blooms in June.
Debutante.
Fragrant, very desirable because blooming
sometimes in July, in September and October.
Tausendschön.
Sometimes called “Rose of a Thousand
Blooms.” Flowers early in large clusters.
Very hardy; beautiful foliage. Color, blush
pink and white.
American Pillar.
Grows very rapidly. A brilliant pink single
rose, borne in clusters. Foliage excellent.
White:
White Dorothy.
Flowers at the same time as the Pink Dorothy
Perkins.
Yellow:
Shower of Gold.
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In warmer parts of the country there is a great variety of beautiful climbing roses, among which may be named:
| Climbing Roses for the
South and Pacific Coast | — | |
Pink:
Climbing Bridesmaid.
Rose pink with crimson shadings, very
fragrant.
White:
Climbing Devoniensis. (“Magnolia Rose.”)
Large creamy white roses with pink center.
Yellow:
Marechal Niel.
This well-known magnificent climbing rose
bears masses of double fragrant blooms which
are excellent for cutting.
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There is another class of roses about which you should know: