Identifier: rosesroseculture00jenk (find matches)
Title: Roses and rose culture ..
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: (Jenkins, Thomas B.) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Rose culture
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., Stecher lithographic co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ir delicious fragrance, fine form,and the rich charming tints in their flowers. If kept growingthey are everblooming. They should, therefore, have a richsoil,and be kept constantly growing for they bloom as they grow.In locations where they do not freeze, and continue to grow yearafter year, they form large bushes with luxuriant foliage andlarge flowers. Nearly all require winter protection in theMiddle and Northern States which is easily provided for by acovering of leaves and strawy manure and over these evergreenbranches. CATHERINE MERMET. (Tea Rose.) This is one of the strongest growers and free blooming ofall the Teas. It is admirably adapted to planting out in beds,or masses, and is equally valuable as a pot variety, to bloomthrough the winter months, in the house. The colors are verydelicate and rich and the perfume or fragance very fine. Thishas the same silvery lustre seen in the La France, but in fewothers. The buds of this variety are faultless in form andmuch sought after.
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PERLE DES JARDINS. (Tea Rose.) Introduced in 1874 and still one of the best of this class andcolor. This magnificent rose still retains the foremost positionas one of the finest tea roses of this color. The color variesfrom canary to golden yellow, flowers are large and beautifullyformed on stiff stems, handsome in every stage and develop-ment from the smallest bud to the largest flower. The color,whether light or deep, always has a peculiar softness, notobserved in any other yellow rose ; does well in the house andin the open air. This is justly called the Pearl of the gardenand it is said that the majority of cut flower buyers who order Marechal Niel buds on account of their popular name, theyear round, do not know their orders are filled with Perles and quite to their satisfaction, too. Though the two varietiesdiffer, this does not suffer by comparison.

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