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Captain Christy Captain Hayward Garden Favorite General Jacqueminot John Hopper La Rosiere Louis Van Houtte Magna Charta Mrs. Paul Mrs. R. G. Sharman-Crawford Paul Neyron Prince Camille de Rohan Deserving of more general use is the RUGOSA family of Roses, with foliage, flowers and fruit each an ornament to a most hardy and satisfactory shrubby plant of fine habit The following eleven were in fair condition and recovered their form during the season:

Alfred Colomb Anna de Diesbach Baronne Provost Countess of Oxford Eugene Furst Lyonnaise Mme. Gabriel Luizet Mme. Victor Verdier Pierre Notting Prince of Wales Ulrich Brunner This section, together with many in the northern states, suffered for the want of a suitable number of climbing roses that might be carried over the winter with an easily prepared protection, until the advent of the Crimson Rambler, which reached England from Japan in 1878. This was followed soon after by Rosa Wichuraiana and its hybrids. Up to this time we had to be content with Queen of the Prairie, Baltimore Belle, Russell's Cottage, and Multiflora rose Greville, or Seven Sisters. The first two were produced by Feast of Baltimore in 1843 by hybridizing that most excellent hardy Prairie rose, R. setigera, with some of the garden forms of the day. I have often wondered why hybridizers had not used this hardy semi-climbing rose more frequently in their work. About all the climbing roses, bearing a large percentage of Rugosa or Wichuraiana blood, are hardy with a slight protection in winter. Which is the best is merely a matter of choice.

The new, prostrate rose, Max Graf, may be used as a climber and is hardy without protection. Grown without support, it lies close to the surface, thus making a splendid ground-cover. In beds, well established, the new canes will rise up some 18 inches and then, arching over, rest their tips upon the ground. Planted at the top of a wall they hang over like a veil. The bright green foliage indicates a mixture of the Rugosa and Wichuraiana blood and is attractive all summer and fall. Free from mildew or insect pests. In its blooming season, June and July, it is covered with a clear pink flower similar in color, size and substance to the pink Rugosa.

EDITOR'S NOTE. -Mr. Egan has also made careful test of the leading Hybrid Teas, both for their blooming qualities and also for hardiness and suitability for his climate. He planted three plants each, did not disbud, and the second summer out, which was a hot and trying one, he cut as shown in this report:

NAME OF VARIETY 1. Ecarlate Av. blooms Av. blooms prior to Aug. I after Aug. I Av. blooms per plant for whole season 433 75 I 2. Killarney 3. La Tosca. 27 253/3 1181/3 5223 2633 1813 45 4. Grossherzog Friedrich 5. Radiance. 6. Lady Ashtown (two plants) 7. Ophelia 8. Majestic 9. Mrs. A. R. Waddell 10. Mrs. Aaron Ward 11. Lady Ursula 12. Duchess of Wellington 13. Florence Pemberton 14. Pharisäer. 15. Viscountess Folkestone. 16. Souv. de Gustave Prat 17. Mme. Caroline Testout 18. Lady Alice Stanley 19. Mme. Leon Pain 20. Prince de Bulgarie. 21. Gustav Grunerwald 1923 25 4433 26 16 42. 17 17/2 34/2 . . 161/3 18/3 3433 18 15 33 16 1533 3133 14 17/3 31/3 181/3 12 30/3 8 22/3 30/3 102/3 19/3 30 15/3 13 283 13 13/3 26/3 102/3 15 252/3 1423 IO 2423 133 10/3 2323 93 14 I 23/3 12 II 111/3 23/3 9 14 23 22. General MacArthur 813 1333 22 23. Lieutenant Chauré 102/3 II 212/3 24. Willowmere 1423 7 2123 25. Lady Pirrie IO 101/3 I 20/3 26. Duchess of Westminster 10/3 9/3 1923 27. Laurent Carle 82/3 1023 19/3 28. Mme. Ravary 813 923 18 29. Farbenkönigin IO 71/3 17½ 30. Antoine Rivoire 12 423 1623 31. Dean Hole (first year) 4 1223 1623 32. Mme. Jules Bouché 623 923 16/3 33. Earl of Warwick 7 823 1523 34. Mme. Melanie Soupert. 9 523 1433 35. Mrs. Wakefield Christie-Miller 36. Mrs. F. W. Vanderbilt 96 5 14 73/3 1333 37. Jonkheer J. L. Mock (buds come bull-headed) 433 87/3 13 38. Mme. Jenny Gillemot 63 6/3 1233 39. Chateau de Clos Vougeot (weak grower) 113/3 40. Mme. Edmond Rostand 41. Mrs. George Shawyer 103/3 42. Louise C. Breslau.. 2/3 In Elizabeth Park Rose-garden, Hartford, Connecticut The Increasing Regard for Roses In his book, "The Cultivated Man," Charles W. Eliot says: "A brook, a hedge-row, or a garden is an inexhaustible teacher of wonder, reverence, and love."