The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-16

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(By Mrs. H. E. w. Bancroft.)
think it may be truthfully asserted
that the rose still overtops every other
flower In the affection of the human
heart. We may we'll imagine we hear
1t saying with the poet. Others may
come and others may go, but go on
forever" The reasons for its ever
growing popularity are very obvious.
No other flower possesses so many de-
sirable qualities. Success attends the
cultivation of roses over wider range
of latitude than is the case with any
other family of flowers The season
of their blooming extends over a long
er period than that of any other
flower. Their variously formed buds
are exquisite in contour; while the
full blown flowers ever delight the
senses with their beautiful colorings
and sweet fragrance. Their combina-
tons of green foliage with the various
ly colored buds and blossoms is not
equaled by that of any other plant.
Note the hundreds of shadings in
green which nature produces in the
rose foliage that the buds and bios
SONS may have just the right setting
to bring out their exquisite beauty to
the fullest extent. While other flow
ers may equal the rose in some re-
spects. yet they all suffer by COM
parison, when all points of excellence
are considered. often wonder how
many Of us appreciate our native ros-
es as we should. fear not many of
US realize what beautiful flower
North Dakota has in her prairie rose,
or what a grand specimen we have
in the wood or dog rose. The latter
variety, when brought from it's ma
tive haunts and cultivated. is grand
beyond belief. l have had a bush of
this variety grow to be six feet tall
and, in the height of its blooming
period, holding literally hundreds of
beautiful rich dark rose colored BIOS
SONS. Under cultivation, with good
feeding, the blossoms are very large,
OF a finer texture and much deeper
in color than is characteristic in its
native state. Yet, fine as is the dog
rose, 1t Is not to be compared with
our native prairie rose, which is a
perpetual bloomer, giving us of its
beauty and fragrance from early June
till late November On November 20,
1904, l gathered beautiful specimens of
both the white and dark rosy pink
varieties. To me it seems incredible
that any resident Of the state should
select or wish selected as the state
flower, anything other than the prairie
rose. 1t Is a native of which we
should all be proud, so far as l am
able to ascertain, in no other state
in the union is there flower which
is SO exclusively the flower of the
state, as is the ever-blooming prairie
rose-the flower of North Dakota, and
1t seems to me we are doing ourselves
and our state an injustice by not Of
fically recognizing the fact. 1t is time
we had state flower, and it is due
to the prairie rose, that it should be
the one.
Although we can never expect to
grow such roses as one sees on the
coast or in the south, vet there are
many varieties which can be grown to
perfection here even now, and the
time will come when we will have
a confusingly large number to select
from. This is being brought about
by and through the efforts of a few
noble men who are doing everything
in their power to acc1lma.- aud give
to us a wide range u cnofce plants
which shall be perfectly hardy.
The Cabbage Rose.
With me, the old Cabbage rose has
proven the most perfectly hardy and
has given its blossom in greater pro-
fusion than has any other variety
The June Rose.
The June rose has been next, both
In hardness and in its prodigality of
blossoms, and fully believe that
these two are the only roses with
which everyone may succeed without
giving them any particular attention.
This statement must not however, dis
courage the lover of fine roses, for
with care in preparing the bed, giving
the plants the proper food and care
fully protecting them during the win
ter, one may grow all the following
varieties, which certainly should sat
1sfy the most ardent lover of roses.
The Moss Rose.
These roses stand alone in their
picturesque beauty, different and dis
tinct from all others, the beautiful
buds half covered by delicate cling
ing moss of fairy-like texture are
ever marvelously beautiful Yet with
all their fairy-like beauty, they are of
the very hardest of their family and
one may have them in either pink,
white or red. The new Crested Moss
rose, Is one of the most beautiful
roses grown. The buds are almost
hidden in the beautiful green moss,
while the open flowers are a very
bright rich glossy pink, tinged with
crimson. of a fine globular form and