Part 3

It is a difficult matter, indeed, to select, from the experience of rose growers and from the long lists of the nurserymen's catalogues, a few that may be safely named as the best roses. In fact, it is a task that no one would care to undertake. It may be helpful, however, to add the following list; these are by no means the only good roses, but in choosing any or all of these the amateur cannot well go astray. For the benefit of his experience and advice regarding these lists, I am indebted, among others, to Dr. Robert Huey, of Philadelphia--probably the most experienced amateur grower of roses in the United States.

It has been thought best not to attempt individual descriptions nor to go very far into details of color. The lists, then, are grouped into rough sub-divisions under the main colors, and it will be understood that "pink," for instance, will include a rather wide range of varying tints.

HYBRID PERPETUALS

_White_--Merveille de Lyon, White Baroness, Frau Karl Druschki, Margaret Dickson, Mabel Morrison, Gloire Lyonnaise (in reality a Hybrid Tea, but as it blooms only in June it may be included in the Hybrid Perpetual class).

_Pink_--Baroness Rothschild, Caroline D'Arden, Heinrich Schultheis, Her Majesty, Lady Arthur Hill, Mrs. George Dickson, Mrs. Harkness, Susan Marie Rodocanachi, Mrs. John Laing, Paul Neyron, Marie Finges, Marquise de Castellane, Mrs. R. S. Sharman-Crawford, Souvenir de la Malmaison.

_Red_--Captain Hayward, Fisher Holmes, General Jacqueminot, Oscar Cordel, Ulrich Brunner, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Teck, Anne de Diesbach, Duke of Fife, Etienne Levet, Prince Arthur, Ard's Rover (climber).

Prince Camille de Rohan is the best of the very dark roses, among which also are Sultan of Zanzibar, Louis Van Houtte, and Xavier Olibo. These, however, are weak growers and frequently do not bring their blossoms to perfection.

TEAS

_White_--White Maman Cochet, Hon. Edith Gifford.

_Pink_--William R. Smith, Maman Cochet, Souvenir d'un Ami, Duchesse de Brabant, Mrs. B. R. Cant.

_Yellow_--Harry Kirk, Etoile de Lyon, Francisca Krueger, Isabelle Sprunt, Safrano, Marie Van Houtte.

HYBRID TEAS

_White or light-colored and mixed_--Viscountess Folkestone, Pharisaer, Molly Sharman-Crawford, Ellen Wilmot, Grace Molyneaux, Antoine Revoire, Joseph Hill, Mrs. A. R. Waddell, Betty, Prince de Bulgarie, La Tosca, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.

_Pink_--Killarney, Lady Alice Stanley, Lady Ursula, Dean Hole, Lyon Rose, Dorothy Page Roberts, Madame Edmee Metz, Lady Ashtown, Mrs. Charles Custis Harrison, Caroline Testout, La France.

_Yellow_--Duchess of Wellington, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Madame Ravary, Madame Melanie Soupert, Madame Hector Leuillot, Melody.

_Red_--George C. Waud, Lawrent Carle, Gruss an Teplitz, Chateau de Closvoges, Etoile de France.

MOSS ROSES

_White_--Blanche Moreau.

_Pink_--Crested Moss.

RUGOSA AND ITS HYBRIDS

_White_--Blanc Double de Coubert; _Rosa rugosa_, var. _alba_.

_Pink_--Conrad F. Meyer.

_Red_--Arnold; _Rosa rugosa_, var. _rubra_.

WICHURAIANA HYBRIDS

_White_--Wichuraiana, White Dorothy.

_Pink_--Lady Gay, Dorothy Perkins, W. C. Egan, Sargent.

_Red_--Hiawatha.

NOISETTES

_Yellow_--Cloth of Gold, Reve d'Or (climber), Fortune's Yellow.

POLYANTHAS

_White_--Trier, Catherine Ziemet.

_Pink_--Tausendschoen, Clothilde Soupert.

_Red_--Carmine Pillar.

PRAIRIE ROSES

_White_--Baltimore Belle.

_Pink_--Rosa _setigera_.

AUSTRIAN BRIERS

_Yellow_--Harrison's Yellow, Persian Yellow, Austrian Copper.

A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Anther--a rounded knob-like form at the top of the stamen, containing the pollen.

Callus--a swelling which occurs at the base of a cutting previous to the formation of roots.

Calyx--the narrow green leaves or sepals forming the covering for the bud.

Corymb--a group of flower stalks arising from a common stalk and forming a level top.

Cutting--a section of a stalk containing several eyes or dormant buds, taken for the propagation of a new plant.

Disbud--to deprive a stalk of flower buds by pinching or rubbing these off. It is done in order to throw more energy into the remaining bud or buds.

Hep or hip--the seed pod.

Hybrid--a new species resulting from the cross-fertilization of two species.

Leaflet--a single member of the compound leaf borne by all rose plants.

Maiden plant--a plant blooming for the first time after being budded or grafted to a stock.

Ovary--the hollow lower end of a pistil, containing the embryo seeds.

Panicle--a cluster of flowers borne irregularly on a stem.

Petiole--the stalk to which the several leaflets are attached.

Pistil--the seed-bearing organ in the center of a flower, consisting of one or more styles, one or more stigmas and the ovary.

Pollen--the powdery substance found in the anthers.

Remontant--applied to roses that flower the second time in a summer.

Sepals--the narrow green leaves of a pithy texture forming the calyx.

Sport--a shoot or sucker from a plant, showing some peculiar feature or features distinguishing it from its parent.

Stamens--the male organs surrounding the pistil.

Stigma--the upper end of the pistil, capable of receiving the pollen and connected with the ovary by a tube extending down through the style.

Style--the erect columnar support of the stigma.

Sucker--a branch or shoot proceeding from the root or stem of a plant, below the surface of the ground. Frequently used as meaning a shoot from the root-stock of a budded or grafted plant.