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_--Tausendschon, 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 k.n.o.b-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 cl.u.s.ter 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.