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Dwarf Polyanthas

There are a number of other classes of roses, the best of which for garden decoration for the average amateur are the Dwarf Polyanthas. These give constant bloom, from frost to frost, mostly in trusses or panicles.

One of these, Gruss an Aachen, has been considered good enough to be included in the first list of light-colored roses.

Mr. Theodore Wirth, Superintendent of the Minneapolis parks, in the Rose Annual for 1916, gives the following list as best for that section: Mme.

Levavasseur, Katherine Zeimet, Marie Pavie, Primula, Annchen Muller, Clothilde Soupert, Cecile Brunner and Etoile d'Or.

Reverend A. H. Scott, of Ontario, Canada, writing in the 1916 Rose Annual says: "Jessie cannot be beaten among the Dwarf Polyanthas."

Undoubtedly the above are all good, and in addition the following do well: ...