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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Queen Mab

VIRIDIFLORA. ....

Clear yellow, tinted apricot. .Amaranth; strong, semi-climbing growth; blooms in clusters, with good late bloom.

Dazzling crimson.

Rose, shaded yellow.

Dark velvety crimson; more liable to mildew than others in this class.

Rosy pink, shaded orange.

Palest flesh. .Soft rosy apricot, center shaded orange, outside tinted rose and violet; a very beautiful color, but of weak growth and a shy bloomer.

Green; is at best a freak and only useful as an oddity.

Plant twenty inches apart and prune sparingly, cutting out dead wood and thinning occasionally.

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