How to Grow Roses

The thirteenth edition, 1920, by the president of the American Rose Society — including his month-by-month calendar of everything a rose wants done to it.

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Selecting the Roses: Bedding

AVIATEUR BLERIOT. H.W. Flowers deep saffron-yellow and copper. Vigorous. Pergola, arch, pillar, etc. Prune 6, 7. BABY DOROTHY. P. Flowers bright pink. Incessant bloomer. Dwarf, 20 in. Bedding, edging. Prune 3.

BABY RAMBLER, RED (Mme. Norbert Levavasseur). P. Flowers dark red. Blooms all the time. Dwarf. Bedding, edging. Prune 3. (See cut page 43.) BEAUTY OF ROSEMAWR. Bou. Flowers rich carmine-rose, veined with creamy white. Very floriferous. Garden, bedding. Prune 4. BESS LOVETT. H.W. Flowers scarlet-crimson. Very vigorous. Pergola, pillar, arch, etc. Prune 6, 7.

With petals fashioned like sea-shells, tinted and toned in shades
With petals fashioned like sea-shells, tinted and toned in shades

BETTY. H.T. Flowers coppery rose and golden yellow; very fragrant. A novelty. Garden, bedding. Prune I for Ex., 3 for Q. BIRDIE BLYE. Mult. Flowers bright satiny rose. Continual bloomer. Grows 4 to 6 feet. Pillar, bush. Prune 5.

BLANC DOUBLE DE COUBERT. H.R. Flowers white, double, large and showy. Very hardy. Vigorous. Hedge, bush. Prune 5, 7-. BLANCHE MOREAU. M. Flowers pure white; large and full. Bedding. Prune 3.

BRIDESMAID. T. Flowers rose-pink, crimson-shaded; full and fragrant. Bedding, cut-flower. Prune 2 for Ex., 4 for Q. (See illustration in color, page 103.) CARMINE PILLAR. C.H.T. Flowers single, rich carmine-red; very fine; looks like a clematis. Vigorous. Trellis, pillar, arch. Prune 5. With petals fashioned like sea-shells, tinted and toned in shades of rose and pink, superlatives fail in describing the satisfactory beauty of KILLARNEY, the renowned Hybrid Tea Rose.

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