What Every Rose-Grower Should Know publ. The American Rose Society, Harrisburg, Pa., 1931 A Book of Rose-Progress for All In these pages are helps to carry a rose-friend forward. To strengthen the faith of rose-lovers, all history, all observations unrelated to propagation have been omitted. Bury in the Autumn, Plant in the Spring Spring planting is safe, if done early. Earliness is relative. American Rose-Needs There are, so far, no true yellow Hybrid Perpetuals. Hope was high a few years ago when Peter Lambert announced Yellow Druschki, but it was yellow only in the bud. Protecting Roses from Enemies Hybrid Multiflora provide many shades of red, pink, and white, but no good yellow, although several whitish varieties are flattered by the names Yellow Rambler, Sunny Gold, etc. Rosa Lucieae (the Memorial Rose) Breeding yellow tones into this group seems to injure the form of the plant as well as the flower’s color. It is hoped that this can be overcome. The Elusive Recurring Climber Recurrent blooming may be impending. Blaze, grown on new wood, has come again. New Dawn, a sport of Dr. G. Van Fleet, is reported twice returned. Time to Order Your Roses Roses are grown for only one purpose – production of flowers. Their value lies in their ability to endure neglect. The Severer Zones Harison’s Yellow is required for thin and difficult places. It is the only dependable yellow in the colder North. The Much-Desired Yellow Color There is a climbing Austrian Brier, known as Le Rêve, which is yet the deepest yellow in existence. What to Make of a Diminished Thing The dotted line shows how to cut a rose.
Colin Jeffrey Morris lives and writes in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Ekphrastic Review, Delmarva Review, Lily Poetry Review and descant.
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