The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing

The book that taught America to grow roses out of doors: how to site and prepare a bed, how to prune and propagate, and a rated list of the best varieties with the faults of each set down honestly.

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Christine Wright: Trusses

DOROTHY PERKINS. Hybrid Wichuraiana. Perkins, 1902. Trusses, single, light pink. Foliage lost quite early.

ELIZA ROBICHON. Hybrid Wichuraiana. Barbier, 1901. Trusses, single, rose, shaded old gold. Especially good for covering banks. Holds foliage well. EVANGELINE. Hybrid Wichuraiana. Walsh, 1907.

Single, white, tips of petals carmine pink.

EXCELSA. Hybrid Wichuraiana. Walsh, 1909.

Trusses, double, brilliant scarlet. Crimson Rambler with good foliage, which lasts especially well. Bloom of Troubadour almost identical with Excelsa. The best red climber of the class.

GARDENIA. Hybrid Wichuraiana. Manda, 1899.

Clusters, bright yellow, paler as flowers expand; very pretty in bud form. Foliage very good and lasts well. Do not confound it with Gardenia of Soupert & Notting, which is inferior.

GOLDFINCH. Hybrid Polyantha. Paul & Son.

Pale orange, changing to white; semi-double, trusses. Reported stronger in the extreme North than the Hybrid Wichuraianas.

HIAWATHA. Hybrid Polyantha. Walsh, 1905.

Single, crimson, center pure white to cream. Loses foliage early.

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