Republican farmer., 1919-04-04
(By F. F. ROCKWELL.)
Author of Around the Year in the Garden" and Making a Garden of Small EruitS.'' etc.


 There Is no flower so universally admired as the rose, not only be- cause of its own intrinsic qualities and it combines all the things which make flowers attractive, color, beauty of form and fragrance-but also be- cause of the sentiment which it car ries with it. The rose more than any ether flower, if not more than all other flowers together, has a place in the history of the race.
 But many people have not attempt ed to have roses partly because of 8 misconception to the effect, that the growing of roses is a difficult, if not indeed a serious, accomplishment, and partly because in many cases they have felt that they did not have room enough for ROSE GARDEN.
 Everybody knows that new varieties Of roses are being introduced con- stantly. But varieties used by flor isIs naturally become most quickly known. The new varieties and the new TYPES which have been de- veloped for growing out of doors have not become so widely known, although even greater achievements have been won with this class of roses, comparatively, than with the types grown under glass. The won derfuI development of climbing roses which bear flowers similar to those grown in the garden has opened up wonderful opportunities to the per son who has felt that he or she did rot have the room or the time to possess a real rose garden.
 They make it possible for anyone who has even so much space as a border in front of the porch, or a few square feet of soil next to the house where trellises may be placed, to have a very compete assortment of roses in varieties equal to many of the finest of the standard garden sorts. In fact, many of these stan dard garden varieties have been used as one of the parents from which the various new sorts have been devel- oped. They are entirely distinct in flower and also in habit of growth from the various rambler roses which. with the advent of the uni versalIy grown Crimson Rambler, have become so widely popular. 4 collection of a half dozen or 8 dozen of these new climbing varieties will give an abudance of cut flowers, as
 
 they grow, for a long season.
 These new HARDY climbers are much easier to care for than most of the bush or garden varieties, partic- ularly the teas and hybrid teas which are frequently injured in the colder climates by severe winters. No great amount of work is required to succeed with the hardy climbers; most of them are particularly strong, robust growers and many of them are among the hardest of all roses. In this com paratiVely new class, which includes what are known as ''piller" roses, that is roses which may be trained up to a height of six or eight feet, but do not climb like the ''rambIers,' ,' are the following sorts which have all been tried long enough to prove their merit beyond question.
 VARIETIES: Climbing American Beauty. red, very fragrant pr. Van Fleet, deep pink, glorious flowers, W hich would be a credit to any bush rose; Mary Lovett; pearly white Van Fleet; Aunt Harriet a clustering rose of wonderful dazzling scarlet, with pure white centers; Christine Wright, similar to Climbing American Beauty, but bright pink; Silver Moon, one of the most unique and charming of all roses, flowers over four inches across, pure white with conspicuous golden stamens. petals remarkably substan- tial; as the flower stems are frequent ly eighteen inches long it is especially fine for cutting; Wichmoss, a climb ing moss rose, light pink, very fra grant. especially attractive for cut ting; Thousand Beauties" which. next to Crimson Rambler, probably has become more popular in Q short CT time than almost any other rose Among the more tender clim bing