Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-25
OLD.FASHIONED ROSES.
Something About the Flowers Cultivated
 by People Q, Generation Ago.

In the present. craze for JacqUeminots and Marecnal Niels and Bon SleDes, few people remember any or the Ueaull- ful Old-fashiOned roses that delighted the hearts of people a generation ago. Years ago the cabbage rose was consld- cred almost the very perfection Of roses. Now the variety Is nearly extinct. Some persons will reme mber a few old specl- mens, never Co be forgotten on account of their tall, spreading, woody bushes, their large, glossy, dark-greeu leaves and their gorgeous masses of deep-pluk bloom. Those who think the cOrOlla of the fashionable Jacquemlno. big should have seen those. hey were literally,
 as the name indicates, spec,Hole-sized d cabba-e=. The Baitim re Belle was once the fancy rose. Now It Is scarcely ever seen, except ciamberng
 over uld-iasLioued porcuss and arbOrs.
 It Is a hardy, luxuriaut climber, and at
 the same time g. dehcate, graceful one.
 IL bears a wealth of bloom, sometimes
 the green being scarcely visible under
 its veil of crimson. The color l. a deep
 crimson, velvety as a roya. robe. The
 flowers are not very double. having in
 their cauters prJiusIun of bright .sel-
 low stameus.
 But though the Baltimore Belle Is
 beautiful, the Champuey far surpasses
 #. Not one in a hundred os the present
 race Of readers knows what a Champ
 ney rose Is. X single specimen is hard
 iy Obtainabie anywhere. The bush IS
 low and spreading, somewhat after the
 manner Of the wild rose, and It blooms
 at the rate of hundreds at a time. The
 blossom resembles that of the Baltimore
 Belle in that 1t is but slightly double, with q profusion of yellow stameLs, bul
 1t differs in color, being of dainty cream white, shading into 6 faint pink.
 All old gardens displayed an abundance of the hundred-leaf or crown-rose. This seemed well named, for the too abund- ant petals were literally packed together
 to form blossom, raised in the center
 like crown. In color it was of real sO-called rose pink, and had the characteristic fragrance SO
 well known in rose water. Now, wher- ever seen, the huudred-ieaf rose bushes are usually degenerate prey for rose bugs Beautiful hali blown buds may be obtained, but very seldom can one find a perfect flower.
 The old fashioned yellow rose has dis appeared aim st entirely. The plants were lt-ie. the clustered leaves very diminu5iyy and the stems and seed ve-- sels very pTckiy, but Che blossoms were large and glowing, Ik= a small sun more beautiful Jg .a- than t"c modern el4tei sIuiovcr. The Jli-hted so-e was once quite curiosity, and s0 It IS noW-Iu tev places tLey are stlll seel- One single plant sometimes spreads itself hse miniature thlcket, @ tangled mass oi greeuery. The rather large, very douUle blossoms were pure white upon their Outer-edEe and delicate pink m the center. similar iu this respect to what IS now known as the blush rose. But the blighted rose Lad one prcULarity before the center fully develops the outer edge hal begun Go fade, so that tt was no uncommon thing Co see the pink heart surrounded by a lr.uge of wither- ed petals. Sometimes the outer layer showed streaks of brown even in the bud. The real moss-rose Of which the poets have sung IS now little more than memory. IL resemhled the crown rose, except that 1t was larger, of deep CT pink and had green messy growth upon its calyx. The mOss-rose is still initiated by art, but how far this imita- tion Is successful few of the people of the present day have much opportunity of judging The dog-rose IS perhaps the rarest ot all roses formerly cultivated, l though 1t is sad to grow wild in me parts of the state. This resembled the l sweet-brier and ran over, perhaps, yards of space with the same native luxuri- l auce Its blossoms were single, like those of tle wild r1-r, with five simple l petal~, bat larger and of a deep yelvety pink. Ot. sr roses there were, of which l scarce tlr ulm8 OF memory remains. | One of these was like double swamp rose. forming thick like brambles.- Phiiade'p phig Time.