Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

and Red Radiance. They have held
their own in the American Rose Society
referenda for many years. In the 1924
Rose Annual. Radiance was placed third
and Red Radiance eighth. In later
years their positions have f1uctuated,
Radiance at times gaining the premier
place.
Sturdiness and freedom from bugs"
and blights are the two underlying
qualities which make the Radiance twins
the great amateur roses. More difficult
roses will do for professionals. but what
the average home owner wants Is roses
| and plenty of them.
These two fine bushes will give him
all the roses he has a right to expect.
No rose will grow like the petunia, free
from trouble, care or worry. There can
be little question that If the rose were
| not universally loved, if it were not the
queen of flowers" few people would
monkey with it.
Roses are temperamental at the best,
they are subject to all sorts of insects
and fungus growths, they will sulk in
rainy seasons, and are very subject to
all sorts of weather conditions.
Often for what seems to the amateur
perfectly unaccountable reasons the best
roses will refuse to grow properly, but
will mill along season after season re-
fusing to grow very much, and giving
small roses on short stems.
Usually there is some good reason, but
the trouble is that the diagnosis Is eX-
tremely difficult. 1t must be confessed
that the average gardener is not willing
to give his roses the treatments and
care which they need.
He does not feed them enough, on the
average, and he does not spray them
enough to keep down the insects and
fungus growths, such as the black spot,
the leaf spot and the mildew
Radiance and Red Radiance (of the
two we like the latter best) will come
as near to getting along without care as
any roses in the world. They are inher-
emily healthy plants, somehow filled
with mysterious vigor which is at once
their beauty and their glory. If you are
seeking the "best roses for the anna
teur," these are the ones for you.
X X X
The two best climbers in our opinion,
are Pauls Scarlet and the old familiar
Thousand Beauties The former is the
red climber which has lately blossomed
and which never fails to attract at
tention.
If you see a climber over a doorway
and are attracted by the unusual per-
lection of its deep red flowers, the
chances are 10 to that it is Paul's
Scarlet.
What we particularly like about it is
that 1t is not rampant grower Most
climbing roses are just little bit too
much of a good thing. They will grow
over the top of the house if you will
let them. Even those fine ones, the
climbing American Beauty and the
DR.. Van Fleet, get much to thick and
luxuriant for the average home prop
erty.
Pauls Scarlet, however, is abundant
without taking the place. 1t is free
from obnoxious diseases and has bright
but not gaudy flowers.
The old-fashioned Thousand Beauties
throws dainty pink and white blossoms
by the hundreds and also is as free
from trouble as rose can be. Its
foliage is of lighter green than usual;
some may not like it for that reason.
Thousand Beauties has one other
advantage, it is free from thorns and,
therefore, may be grown more init
mately than the prickly varieties. One
almost has to put on armor to handle
some of the climbers, they are so bel
ligerent.
This quartet constitutes the choice
for 1.-The best roses for the amateur"
These four may be "the best roses" for
all We know, but that is something
else again.