| Show big annual party and program will be given by the roosevelt first ward relief society 0 friday march 10 j ca a roses for cutting without rose garden by F F rockwell noc kwell horticultural editor of farm and fireside why not have roses plenty of 0 roses for cutting tor for bouquets for the table to gave give away perhaps you have been thinking that you would w like to have an abundance of roses the queen 01 ol of floers flow rs of course there is no other flower which quite takes their I 1 place but maybe you have felt that you did not have room to ito glow grow them that is no room to grow the garden or hush bush varieties the kind which furnish an abundance 0 of flowers for cutting well avell the fact thae thac your space may be limited need no longer keep you from having plenty ot of roses tor for cutting within recent years there have been developed what is practically a new type of rose they are climbing or semi climbing in habit of growth but unlike the old fashion ed ramblers these now new climbing roses produce an abundance of big single flowers with long stiff stems steins or loose clusters of flowers the individual blooms of which are two to four inches in diameter an abundance of beautiful blooms tor for cutting without a rose garden to look after new Cilin bing roses with steins 18 indies inches long these new roses can be grown wherever the old climbing climb ing roses such as the crimson rambler could be grown 1 I 1 I hey are for the most MOSE part very haidy fully as hardy as the ills crimson rambler and they are much more vigorous and lie healthy althy than that old favorite the foliage of which is subject to bright blight or mildew in addition to being ex hardy and heal healthy thyi many of these new roses are ot of the most vigorous habit of growth I 1 have had them produce canes 12 11 to 15 feet feel long in i single seison season with only ordinary care these new roses are as easy to grow and to care for as any of tho the ramblers like the ramblers Kamb lers they do not requite tiie the careful spring pruning and general good care which most garden roses demand they will come as near taking caru of themselves as any rose or any ally other plant for that matter will do di better it if you give it a reasonable amount of attention sometimes it almost seems as though plants really appreciated any little thought and care one gives them and actually try show their appreciation in ill better growth andl and more generous bloomst blooms still more important from tile the home gardeners point of view these new climbing robes haye a much longer season of bloom than the ramblers amblers It many of them have as on parent one ot of the regular garden or monthly rosos roses and inherit hiliet ft this tendency to bloom throughout tho the season while most of the varieties described below zire arc ot of the vigorous climbing type a few are I 1 known w r what is known as pillar roses rose that is willai they do not actually climb they do attain a helgath ol 01 six alx to ten feet ee t and and should be ba givert given support ot some sort either a trellis or a post to io hold them upright thit this type la Is of course good for training up the stole side of a house or around windows whore where often te it would not le be desirable to use ono one of oc the regu regular jar climbing roses roser because of their 00 aloo oo vigorous growth some settle rot the lie new climbing robes you should try the following halt half dozen varieties are entirely dist distinct inet from them tha old ramblers and quite different from canh cah other they by no indans means make biake upa up a complete list of roses ot or this type alt all of them I 1 mention have been introduced long ions encill enough gh to have proved that they wll will succeed under all ordinary conditions condition dit ions 8 in ln tho cataloguer catalogues catal of loading leading nurseryman nurserymen nursery men tinen and acdan i in tile the descriptive lists or of reliable agents yop yoji wilt will i find other varieties of this bome general typo cyp 0 it possible tor for you to have a ide range ot of beautiful roses for cutting without a rose garden american pillar although tills this is a distinctly american rose tile the vote of the national rose society of Ln england gland in 1918 lio honored nored it as being tile the most popular climbing rose in existence enormous flowers of a lovely cherry pink shade born in clusters of live five to ten tell foliage dark glossy green clean and attractive all season combing american beauty rosy crimson flowers three to four inches across sweet scented and born singly on long stems christine night double lowers flowers three to four inches in diameter ot of a clear wild rose pink tile the blossoms blosE oms are born singly and in isaiall clusters often blooms a second time in the fall dark green lealh loail ury ry foliage dr van fleet looks like a rose garl gardan n growing against the house deep pink sweet scented flowers three inches and more across when open borne on single stiff stems il 12 1 to IS 13 inches long tile the buds are ion iona and pointed and solid ideal for cutting A single plant will produce hundreds of flowers pauls scarlet climber the most vivid scarlet of all climbing roses tho medium sized large double flo downs irs are produced in 1 large arge clim ter in every way one of the most satisfactory of all climbing roses st ver moon distinct from fill 1 I othi others Fra the long pale dellow scented 1 imas open into semi senit double flowers dowers often 5 inches tit in diameter the cen er petals are white while and reveal lite right golden stamens elis |
