The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
RIVAL ROSES. SEEN IN Al

Arboretum, near Boston, this spring.
Rosa Hugonis, commonly called Father
Hugo's rose, and Rosa Spinosissima
Grandifiora have betn Towering at
the same time and both have been re-
markably beautiful, although Father
Hugo's rose has not bloomed quite so
profusely as last year. This Is yell
low rose and by all odds the finest new
rose Of this color introduced for years.
II is a species foupd by missionary
and sent by him to England.
whence II came to America. 1t makes
such strong. vigorouS bush that It
Ia better adapted to the hardy border
than. to the rose garden. The flowers
are clear yellow in color and measure
two and n half inches in diameter.
The flowers are set close together
| along gracefully arching sttms and
are very fragrant.
/ Its rival Is white rose with q
yellow centre. This Is one of the
handsomest single Powered roses
which can be grown in this climate.
Like Father Hugo's rose. II makes a
! almost hidden by Its wealth Of bloom.
Few plants are harder and none are
| more easily propagated,. for a great
| many suckers come up each year from
| the roots. Rosa Spinosissima is often
| called the Scotch rose, and this name
Is applied to its varieties. Some kinds.
like Haspida. have yellow flowers from
two and half to three inc hes in diam
eter. The variety Fulgens has pale
pink flowers.
Some years ago the Arnold Arbore-
tum received a collection Of Scotch
roses from the Duke of Buccleuch's
garden near Edinburgh. This garden
was once famous for It's Scotch roses
and the plants brought to the Arbore-
tum have taken very kindly to the
climate OF the New World. In the
collection il handsome variety called
Jupiter. having pale pink flowers. and
another named Lady Bottles. with pale
yellow flowers, which is very hand
some.
One Of the earliest single roses u
bloom in the Arboretum each year Is
Rosa Ec@. Although not very snowy
rose. 1t Is worth growing because Of
its habit of presenting its flowers when
most other roses are just coming into
bud. 1t is a native OF Central Asia
and very spiny. with small leaves and
pale canary yellow blooms.
A new rose grown In the Arborctum
from seeds collected by Ernest H. Will
son in western China will be priced by
those who realize that the wild roses
are among the most beautiful OF all
Towering plants. 1t is called Rosa
Helene. grows five or six feet high
and has clusters Of pure white. deli
cately fragrant flowers an inch and a
half in diameter.
Another species recently introduced
is called Rosa Jackii, being named for
Mr.. Jack Of the Arboretum staff. II
has long stems which lie fiat on the
ground, lustrous foliage and pure white
flowers two inches or more in diameter
borne in clusters. This Is perfectly
hardy rose and Prof. Charles s
Sargent. director OF the Arboretum
considers 1t first rate garden plant
He thinks too that hybridizers will
find it a good subject from which &c
raise a race OF hardy, late Towering
| rambler roses.
Many attempts made In New Eng
land to grow Rosa Wichuriana hav,
not been very successful. 1t suffer.
from severe winters when trained ovel
| a trellis or a building. 1t has beer
| found in the Arboretum, though. tha
| 1t is perfectly hardy when used as
ground cover and no better plant car
be found for growing on banks. Thi.
| rose has been used as one OF the pa
| rents in producing some Of the mos
| beautiful rambler roses. Most OF thes,
ramblers, unfortunately. are not en-
| tirely hardy in the North. but can b,
! grown very successfully farther South
and win thrive in the Northern States
with protection.
The last of all the roses to flowe
| in the Arboretum collection Is tn,
prairie rose, Rosa Setigera. 1t ha.
been massed on the right hand side o
the Forest Hills road, in front of tn,
cherries, and makes a beautiful pictur,
when full grown. 1t is quite possible
to train this rose on an arbor o
| against a building. but it looks bes
when allowed to grow naturally.
or course many other roses are t
| ue 1ouIu III tilt AIDOTttuI1 sTOuTuS
| Nowhere else in America have 81
many rose species been establishes
and made available for study. Tn
list now includes almost hundre,
| species and sub-species. The Ar
boretum also has the beginning of
real hybridiZed rose collection. I'm
fortunately there is lack OF room
for a rose garden such as the Ar
boretum ought to possess. Prof
Sargent has written: "If some ricl
slan wants to perpetuate his name Fl
the world of horticulture for at leas
a thousand years, his chance is to pro
vide the Arboretum with the mean
to establish real rose garden, /,
which all species, varieties an
hybrids. old and new, could be cult
waited. The cost of the land and con
| struction would be considerable, an
maintenance would have to be pro
v,ded for. / do not know who tn
ambitious man or woman is, but thi
rose establishment is one of my DIRE am
which l would like to see realized"
inexpensive sllos can be made b!
digging pits OF proper size and depth
Farmers Bulletin 1926. United State
Department OF Agriculture, gives de
scriptions, plans and illustrations. ]
Is free.
The market gardeners on the out
skirts of Paris, who supply that cit
with fresh produce. average in exten
from one and a half to two acres each