The daily gazette., 1879-06-13
THE MONTH OF ROSES.

40; M. l.. Lichteristeiu, 1882; Adams &
Bro, 64.y8; Mccartney h Kenny, 20 90.
THE MONTH OF ROSES.
suG GGEsTIONs FOR PLANTING A ROSE
500 GABDEN--CHARACTE OF SOME
OF THE CHOICE VARIETIES.
The English poet, have many times
told us that "June is the month of rOses,"
and with us in the middle States this is
exactly true The first in the garden al
most always glows fully out on the first
day of June. We have late springs and
early springs, but you will find that the
roses begin with June, and at just about
its close they have all vanished away.
| The Times recently quoted the old pious
saying about the strawberry, that 'God
doubtless might have made better ber-
| ~ but doubtless He never did," and so
it may be imagined that lovelier flower
| than perfect rose might exist, but
lions this let him 90 out into a well cul-
tured garden on one of these early June
mornings, and let him pull half-open-
ed rose. If it should be that one called
La France, and if it should be speci-
men grown by skillful hands, he will be-
hold in form, in color, in soft, exquisite
texture and in the most delicious per-
furne, all that can be asked for by the
most exacting critic. Let me describe
this lovely rose, the most entirely perfect
of any one know. 1t is rather large,
somewhat cup-shaped in form, but the
outer petals curve partly back, and those
of the outer circle fall quite back, giving
it "a peculiar and quite exquisite shape.
The color is perfect pink, with the in
side of the petals whittier and more CLOS
sy than the outside. Thus when the
| foweris not fully open the centre, where
the petals ctrving over show their outer
surface, is much richer in color than the
rest, giving great variety of tint. 1t is
not so double as to have turned all the
stamens into petals, as many of the dou-
BILE roses have, and the stamens are lln-
usually close set and beautiful in color.
The texture of the petals is SO delicate
and silky that other roses and all other
flowers look common beside them. The
perfume is altogether peculiar. There
is nothing sOsdelicious in the world. 1t
is the 'perfume of roses" refined and
ydt intensified.
| A PERFECT ROSE.
~ La France is therefore a perfect rose
perfect in color, in shape, in texture and
in perfect perfume; soft and exquisite
rose color, finely varied and rich and
warm at the heart, an even yet pictul-
esqlie form, fragrance that is simply
delicious. Why, then, does not everyone
grow La France? Why is it so little
known in fact? Alas, this perfect beauty
is like one of our fair, vanishing girls. II
barely grows up and has no strength
more than to bloom and die. For some
reason yet unexplained it has no cOnsti
tuition; only in skillful hands can it bt
made to grow at all, and then never will
any vigor. But there are beautiful rose.
which grow strongly, almost too vigor
ously. There is Madame Russell, proba
bly, the strongest grower Of the tender va
rieties. 1t has very large flower, of {
singular shape, and some curious pecul
iarities. The outer petals also curve bacl
very much and very irregularly; the in
ner ones are not arranged in circle, bu
iil three groups, and are so closely pres.
ed together as to get pointed shape
The flower is, therefore, often quite th'
Shape of five pointed star. In color j
is creamy white, with rather more vel
low at centre and a apurplish pink edge t.
tile outer petals. But, curiously enough
/, after it has stood in the sun day or TIVE
! tile flower begins to treckle; it gets pinl
spots wherever the sun has kissed it hard
! and in another day or two it bushes al
over wherever the sun touches it. TIL
, parts where the sun does not come re
: main white, and leaf or stem crOssin
I | g. ,<~e& . no will Enay, N
,, cred part pale as at first. This, however
is not peculiar to Madame Russell. Arch
= duke Charles acts in the same way, an
: generally all roses are darkened by tn
suns rays, and some of them are S
changed as scarcely to be recognized a
the pale beauties we knew in the winte
. greenhouse.
: TO return to Madame Russell. 1t ha
\ the, so far as | know, unique peculiarit
0 OF holding its flowers for long tint
$ often for more than week in good col
e dLtion, and when they dry up they d
not fall as other roses do. Madame Ru:
= sell is, then, beautiful and peculis
!, rose, strong and vigorous,in growth an
towering very freely in the garder
O Why is it not well-known favorite
Alas, it will not stand our cold winter
i and II does no gOOu III aSreeIi-LouSe.
. artificial heat the flowers dwindle to pit
Q mics, and 1 have never been able
J. keep plant through the winter in til
open glound,
These two roses have been describe
only to show that there are peculiariti.
: among them which must be studied bt
fore any great success in rose culture ca
Il be had by the amateur. There are Vi
j. rieties which have all the requisites ft
D; the garden, which are beautiful, near
/, hardy and Of good habits Of growth.
n is great mistake made by the foris
" who say it is an easy thing to have
: constant supply of ''ever-blooming" ros
!. and they recommend alike a hundrt
0; varieties, not quarter of which will {
j we'll ordinarily, and none of which a
7. to be grown with the ease which tn
y talk about
u A ROSE GARDEN.
k,I But now, in June, is the time to &
MS hnge for your next years roses. VIII
u, you see how beautiful they are, what