The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-06-12
~ Ornamental Horticulture y:

list of her favorite roses. We hllink
that those who are NOT familiar with
ROSES for tGle South will find THE list
good one, UNLESS we should except
the Jacquen1ir1ot, which lis usually not
success i'm Florida. The Duchess de
Brabant is fully ais valuable as it is
recommended to be. The WRITER says:
When ONE has had THE Rose craze
| for years and HAS tried exhaustive ex-
per.i1nenhs with novelties, i'm THE making
OF a garden There is one nGti gtatilg
circumstance, wl1en ONE has Ito begin
all over at a new place and plan Ito
make lit beautiful. This circumstance
lis, that experience directs orle correct
| ly, in THE selection of varieties:
In my NEW garden I shall practice
THE intensive plan of rose culture, Using
less space and fewer kinds, and making,
! those I do have as fine aus possible.
First of ALL i'm my selection, comes
the well known Duchess de 'Br1aba1lt,
which is par excellence THE rose of
| SOUTHERN soil and climate, and with
tllS | shall NOT be content with a
specimen or two. [ shall have hedge
| Of lit, because often i'm two plants of
| it, side by side, there will be differ
ence of color and form, which is
charming From earliest Spring Until
FROST comes, THE Duchess will give me
| blooms and no jOther rose is Quite
as satisfactory for cutting as this,
both ON account of it's grace and beau
: ty and because, although not of very
full form, it laIstS we'll.
OF other pink varieties I shall have
Madame Caroline TesItout, La France,
Visoountess Rolkstone, Paul Neyron.
Maman Coc1et, Catherine Merrnet
Bridesmaid and Madame Larnbard, and
this will give ME the lovellje'st small
collection that I am acquainted with
| OF red roses, I shall have Princess
Bonnie, Liberty, Oomte de Paris,
Jacquen1irlot and American Beauty
with Papa Gontier, for it's beautiful
buds.
For wlrite roses. I shall have K]aise-
sin, Augusta Victoria, Cornelia Koch,
Schwarz Ga Duchess SPORTY, Marie
It is ia notable fact, THAT when one
of our sd1rubby roses assumes the
climbing habit, the blooms are usually
much increased in beauty of color and
form, SO for this reason although
there will be MO place for roses ON
my new veranda, I am going ito divide
back and FRONT yards by a latticed
screen and cover this with the climbers
I love. [ have written of James Sprunt
in the Ep'itonrs't, before this, and my
good opinion is only emphasized by
longer acquaintance. | am writing
ON the last day of THE old year and
QUIT on the southeast porch, James
Sprunt is tossing fairy globules Of
rich crimson i'm THE wind of the sOtgth-
ern winter. An Immense vine lit us,
which in the new quarters will need ito
be ct1t back vigorously ito keep lit in the
bounds. Just by lit, where the colors
will contrast finely, I shall plant the
Maredtal Mel, without which NO Ge'or-
gia garden IFS complete. [ shall have
Climbing Devornensds, Cl Marie Gull
lot, because lit is SO much more satis-
factory than THE slnrlrbby variety and
is the -prettiest of all white roses.
Marie HenrieHte must have a place,
as mudst CT. Per1e dies Jardins, Beauty
Of G1azenwOod, VIM. Allen Richard
SON and CT. Bridesmaid and then al
though all told [ will NOT have a tenth
OF the varieties have spent strength
and substance over in the past, shall
feel Hhat | have the cream Of them all
and will add novelties after [ see them
we'll Nestled. It is going to be Just
bit late for OUR climate, before I can
get possession Of the new garden, but
[ will prune my plants vigorously, as
they are large and strong, plant them
firmly in soil we'll prepared for ferti-
lizer from the cow barn and with
generous adnixture of rotted pine
! STRAW to furnish h11nld1s Because I