Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-19

SOmething About the F1owcrs CuIsss
vaseA BY People . GencrastOn Age.

In the present craze for Jacqueminots and
Marechal Niels and Bon Silenes few people re-
member any ofthe beautiful old-fashioned roses
that delighted the hearts Of people q generation
ago. Years ago the cabbagerose was considered
almost the very perfection OF roses. Now the
variety Is nearly extinct Some persons will re-
member few old specimens, never TO be for.
gotten on account OF their tall, spreading. woody
bushes. their large, glossy dark green leaves
and their gorgeous masses CT deep-pink bloom.
Those who think the corolla OF the fashionable
Jacqueminot big should have seen those. They
were literally as the name indicates. respectable
sized cabbages. The Baltimore Belle was once
the fancy rose. Now Il is scarcely ever seen ex-
cept camberng over old-fashioned porches and
arbors. IL is hardy, luxuriant climber. and at
the same time delicate. graceful one. IL hears
q wealth Of bloom, sometimes the green being
scarcely visible under its veil Of crimson. The
color is deep crimson, velvety as royal robe
The flowers are not very double, having in their
centers protusion of bright yellow stamens.
But though the Baltimore Belle is beautiful
the Champney far surpasses IL. Not one In Q
hundred OF the present race OF readers knows
what a Champney rose Is single specimen "a
hardly obtainable anywhere. The bush is low
and spreading, somewhat after the manner Of
the wild rose and ii blooms at the rate OF hun.
dreds at time. The blossom resembles that OF
the Baltimore Belle in that II lie but slightly
1t differs In color, being Of q dainty creamy
white. shading into faint pink. All old gar
dens displayed an abundance Of the hundred
leaf or crown-rose. This seemed we'll named.
for the tOO-abundant petals were literally packed
together to form a blossom raised In the center
like crown. In color IL was OF q real so-called
rose-pink, and had the characteristic fragrance
SO well known In rose-water. Now wherever
seen, the hundred-leaf rose-bushes are usually
degenerate prey for rose-bugs. Beautiful half
~ hy,In n
very seldom can one find a perfect flower.
The old-fashioned yellow rose has disap-
peared almost entirely. The plants were little.
the clustered leaves very diminutive. and the
stems and seed vessels very prickly. but the
blossoms were large and glowing, like a small
sun. more beautiful by far than the modern
eated sunlower
The blighted rose once was quite a curiosity.
and so 1t is now-in the few places In which it
may still be seen. One single plant sometimes
spread itself like q miniature thcket tangled
mass of greenery. The rather large very dou-
BILE blossoms were pure white upon their outer
edge and delicate pink In the center similar in
this respect to what is now known as the blush
rose But the blighted rose had one popularity.
Before the center had fully developed the outer
edge had begun to fade, so that il was no I'M
common thing TO see the pink heart surrounded
by fringe OF withered petals. Sometimes the
outer layer showed streaks Of brown even In the
bud.
The real moss-rose OF which the noets have
sung is now little more than memory Ii re-
sembed the crown-rose, except that it Was
larger. of deeper pink, and had a green messy
growth upon its calyX. The moss-rose In still
initiated by art. but how far this imitation In
successful few of the people of the present day
have much opportunity Of Judging.
The dog-rose is perhaps the rarest of all the
roses formerly cultivated. though it is said to
grow wild in some parts Of the state. This re-
| sembled the .sweetbrier and ran over perhaps.
yards OF space. with the same native luxuri-
ance. Its blossoms were single. like those of
the wild-rose, with five simple petals. bu. larger
and OF deep yelvety pink. Other roses there
were Of which scarce the name or the memory
remains. One Of these was like double swamp
rose, forming thickets like brambes.