Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
CLIMBING ROSES

more accommodating nor can be uSeo 4
in so many different ways as the rose
rightly it has been termed plant
of many parts. You may cover walls
fences, porches, pillars, poles, arches,
arbors and even make hedges with the
rose while you cannot fill bed or Dor
der with any more lovely hoWer.
Unfortunately the purpose for whlcn
roses are intended does not always
receive due consideration at the time
they are purchased. Too frequently
are these queens of flowers selected
because some friend has given
chance recommendation of some Varl-
cites which may not fit the place an
other has for them at all, or because
the buyer was beguiled into their ac-
QUESTION by some OF the garish pic
lures with which occasional irrespon-
sible dealers are wont to hypnotlze
their victims instead of buying from
responsible nurserymen and florists, or
because a lot of standard" roses are
offered by someone at phenomenally
low price which seems to indicate
bargain though in reality they are
worthless old stock being got rld Oh.
Buying roses without careful thought
of the matter or when purchasing at
emporiumS whose regular business IS
other than that of dealing IN plants
is very much like game of chance.
For this reason it is imperative that
the beginner in rose culture should
limit his patronage exclusively 10
dealers who may be depended upon 10
give him a square deal, VINO Will not
resort to Misrepresentation ana VINO
will provide him with plants that are
really worth growing and which Will
bear tranSplanting. Fortunately tnere
are many such and so the beginner
need have no encouragement in the :
matter of obtaining good plants IL ne
will 60 about it sensibly.
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the old question whether preference .
should be given to a rose grown upon
it's own roots or to budded specl-
men. Personally 1 should pronounce
in favor of the latter, not only on the r
score of economy, but also because
have found the results in my own eX-
perience to be quite as favorable, Wnen I
care has been taken, as it should oe, c
to exclude any shoots that may sprout I
from the roots. ,
With reference to the purpose Ioo +
which they are selected roses may pc
divided into bedding, creeping, arch
and hedge varieties. :
Roses adapted to arches are alSo :
useful for training over porches' pli, :
lars, or trellises, and will do Wen ;
Among the old hardy climbing roses '
that are widely known in this connec-
tion are the time-honored faVorltes,
Lamarque, a pure white ana almost
continuous bloomer; the clihDlns
Wooten a bright req profuse bloomer
and vigorous grower; the Gold OF l
Ophir or Beauty of Glazenwood, april !
cot yellow suffused with coppery red,
a rapid grower that blooms protusely /
in the spring; the Reve dor, apricot q q
yellow with orange fawn tints, free
bloomer, hardy and rapid grower; the
Cherokee, pure white single rose with q q
large yellow stamens, particularly !
valuable for it's beautiful dark green
foliage, blooms in the spring; the /
climbing Cecil Brunner, rosy pink, free
bloomer and rapid grower; the white !
and yellow Banksias, which are t
solid mass of bloom in the early .
spring; the Crimson Rambler, bright
crimson with large pyramidal clusters
of from thirty to forty blooms; the |
Marie Henriette, popular Sort put
apt to blight, very fragrant well !
formed cherry red flowers; the climD-
ing Kaiserin is a beautiful, perhaps
the most beautiful, pure white climb
ing rose, blooms continuously; the
climbing Bridesmaid, clear bright PINK,
continuous bloomer; the climbing
Caroline Testout is beautiful ira
grant pink rose; the climbing Meteor
is rich, velvety crimson, free bloomer
and does best in a sunny situation.
This is only a partial list of the best
climbing roses to which any nursery