Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-25


three and four year old canes will:
furnish flowers almost continuously
till late fall.
"Gruss an Teplitz":: Red, medium
sized, nodding flowers in small clus-
tiers on long, strong stems. Blooms
profusely the first year and reaches
its full stature (8-10 feet the third
year. Suitable for pillar or arbor.
The fragrant flowers are excellent
for use in informal arrangements.
prosperity: Blush pink changing
to white, small very double flowers
of unsurpassed form and mild fra
GRANGE. The flower clusters, very
large and graceful, are abundant in
May and June and again in Sep
TENDER and October; during July
and August scattered bloom only.
1t grows to a height of 10 feet and
can be used on pillar, trellis, fence
or arbor.
Bishop Darlington" Elegant, red
dish orange bud opening to creamy
pink, semidouble, large flower with
moderate fragrance. Long, stiff
stems suitable for cutting. This
rose never produces climbing canes;
each shoot ends with one or several
flowers which have hardly faded be-
fore new shoots begin to grow i'm
mediately below the inflorescence,
these in turn producing flowers and
new breaks and so on through the
summer till frost puts temporary
stop to the plants activity.
Mermaid: yellow, single. very
large, fragrant flowers in clusters or
singly on short stems. This IS a
very vigorous climber. and when es-
tablished it will supply lovely. we'll
formed flowers through the sum-
mer into the fall. During winter
and spring the bark presents an ap-
pearance which to the uninltlated
suggests dead branches; also 1t is
one of the last roses to start growth
in spring. Go easy with the shears.
New Dawn: Flesh pink flowers
on long stems An everblooming
sport of the strong growing climber,
DIR. w. Van Fleet" which it Ie-
sembles, but New Dawn" is more
moderate in growth and therefore
easier to train and keep within
bounds. 1t is steady, but not pro-
fuse in its bloom.
Blaze: A climber of medium size;
has all the characteristics of the
well-known "Pauls Scarlet Climber"
and so far no expert, professional
or amateur, has claimed to be able
to differe1tiate between the two.
Blaze" is somewhat of q gamble
in the matter of bloom. Many plants
of this variety fail to bloom after
the first flush, but others exhibit a
few flowers in the fall just as "Paul's
Scarlet Climber" generally does.
There are, however, reports of plants
blooming we'll through long season.
More than 200 hybrid tea roses
have given rise to climbing sports.
These sports in most cases resem-
BILE their parents with the exception
that they have the added quality of
growing into large bushes by pro-
ducing climbing canes. Not all of
these sports perform to everybody S
satisfaction; occasionally they fail
to climb, or they climb too we'll and
fail to bloom as much or as often
as could be desired All of them will
do well in many places though they
may fail in others. Some, however.
are outstanding and seldom disap-
point the purchaser, provided he has
the aforementioned patience.
Climbing roses are best when used
on porches or on trellis set up on
walls of house or garage. The pro-
lection they receive in such locations
helps them through severe winters
with minimum of injury and often
flowers can be found there when
frost has finished those in more ex-
posed places In the garden.
The climbing hybrid teas have a
tendency to become bare legged
which simply means that the flowers
grow near the top and out of reach.
This serious fault can be partly
overcome by training the longest
canes in a horizontal position when
ever this is feasible. When it is
not, judicious pruning must be re-
sorted to.
Cut the canes RI vario,ls lengths