(4 May 1901)  Page(s) 326.  
 
The late Mr. Carman, of the Rural New-Yorker, next produced the popular Agnes Emily Carman, by crossing the common pink Rugosa with Harrison's Yellow. The unexpected result was a large double brilliant crimson bloom of much the shade of Gen. Jacqueminot. The plant is particularly rugged and hardy, and the foliage really exceeds the typical Rugosa in beauty. It blooms very freely, and continues almost all Summer. --W. V. F. [Walter Van Fleet]

(9 Jun 1894)  Page(s) vol. 53 no. 2315 p. 363.  
 
Our friend Dr. W. Van Fleet, of West Grove, Pa., writes us that Mr. Antoine Wintzer, who propagated for the Dingee & Conard Co., for many years, secured 53 cuttings from his Agnes Emily Carman (Rugosa hybrid) rose, received from the Storrs & Harrison Co. last November, and succeeded in rooting 48 of them. The plants are now thrifty in 2 1/2-inch pots. We would be glad to know how Mr. Wintzer succeeds in rooting these Rugosa cuttings. Certain it is that Storrs & Harrison—among our most experienced growers—were obliged to bud on Manetti. So, too, the firm that is propagating the other Rugosa hybrids of THE R. N.-Y. failed in rooting the cuttings, though several methods were tried.

(16 Jun 1894)  Page(s) 378.  
 
HOW TO ROOT CUTTINGS OF RUGOSA HYBRIDS —It was stated under Ruralisms last week that a friend (an experienced rose grower) of Dr. W. Van Fleet, of West Grove, Pa., had met with easy success in striking cuttings of the hybrid Rugosa, Agnes Emily Carman. Dr. Van Fleet, at our request, asked his friend to explain his method to THE R. N.-Y., and he has kindly complied as follows:
“On December 21, 1893, I potted one budded stock plant of the rose Agnes Emily Carman into a six-inch pot. The soil used was ordinary loam from an old fence row; no manure was used. The house in which the plant was grown is 100 feet long and 18 feet wide, two-thirds span, with a southern exposure and heated by flues. A night temperature of 50 to 56 degrees was maintained, and a daily temperature of 60 to 75 degrees, with proper ventilation during favorable weather. The first crop, consisting or 51 cuttings, nearly all made with a single eye, was planted in pure, sharp limestone sand, in the south bench of the same house in which the stock plant was grown. The heat supply was from an eight-inch terra cotta pipe under the bench; distance from the fire box, about 75 feet. The entire length of the flue is 100 feet, with open circulation. The cuttings were well watered and covered with paper when necessary, and never were allowed to become dry. On March 28, 1894, 44 of the cuttings were rooted and potted in 2 1/2-inch pots, good, fresh loam without manure being used. On March 31, the second crop of cuttings, 36 in number, was planted; 20 of these rooted and were potted May 10, making the total number from one plant 64, to date.” 
ANTOINE WINTZER. West Grove, Pa.

(4 May 1901)  Page(s) 236.  
 
Blanc Double de Courbet is another double white-flowered variety, looking more like the species than a hybrid. The blooms are quite double, pure white and possess a delightful fragrance. It was introduced from France in 1894, its parentage being Rugosa and Kamschatka roses. --W. V. F. [Walter Van Fleet]

(4 May 1901)  Page(s) 326.  
 
Mrs. Charles Frederick Worth has the famous Paul Neyron for the pollen parent, and is in many respects the finest of the colored Rugosa hybrids on the Rural Grounds. It is strong and stately in growth, and the blooms are more double, and have a better finish than its competitors, but the season is scarcely as long. --W. V. F. [Walter Van Fleet]

(4 May 1901)  Page(s) 326.  
 
Madame Georges Bruant is the offspring of a Tea rose pollenized by the white-flowering Rugosa, and was the first useful hybrid sent out. It is a very thrifty grower and produces when well established immense clusters of large semi-double white flowers with a pleasing odor. It is constantly growing in favor in the Northern and Prairie States on account of its hardiness and reliability. -- W. V. F. [Walter Van Fleet]

(4 May 1907)  Page(s) 380, vol. 66, no. 2988.  
 
Mme. Norbert Levavasseur
by Dr. W. Van Fleet
A number of cross-bred seedlings, grown from Baby Rambler, are disappointing in that none turns out to be constant-blooming, though largely pollenised with ever-blooming kinds. All came near to the Crimson Rambler type, regardless of the habit of the pollen parent, and will probably develop into tall-climbing annual bloomers. When pollen of Baby Rambler, which has the continuous flowering Gloire des Polyanthes as one parent, is used on the stigmas of annual-blooming Ramblers of Wichuraiana hybrids, very dwarf over-blooming plants result in large proportion, and something may perhaps be done to develop a useful group, of which Baby Bambler will likely remain the type

(4 May 1901)  Page(s) 326.  Includes photo(s).
 
A Grand New Hardy Rose.
The writer has been growing Rugosa hybrids since 1893, and has bloomed many hundreds of interesting crosses, only two or three developing characteristics of horticultural value. This is about the experience of all hybridizers who have used the Rugosas extensively. So variable and inferior are the usual results that it has been supposed Rosa rugosa is not an actual botanical species, but a natural hybrid between certain Asiatic wild roses. Its varieties reproduce themselves very readily from seed, but diverge wildly when pollen from other sources is used. The finest Rugosa hybrid yet developed on the Rural Grounds is shown on first page., Fig. 128, under the name of New Century. It is now being disseminated by the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., the growers of the Ruby Queen rose which is now in the hands of many Rural New-Yorker readers. New Century was raised from seeds of the hybrid Polyantha rose, Clothilde Soupert, the male parent being the single white Rugosa. It was only secured by persistent effort to effect a cross that should theoretically produce good results. More than 500 pollenizations were made before the first sound seeds were produced, and many subsequent trials have since been required to secure others. New Century sends up a forest of strong thorny canes, three or four feet high, when established, each topped with a cluster of five to 11 large, perfectly double blossoms with a bright carmine rose center, shading to white or rose pink at the edges. The fragrance is particularly agreeable, being almost identical to that of the woodland wild rose, R. lucida. The strong, erect bushes are clothed with handsome Rugosa-like foliage, but of a lighter green tint. The picture was made from a careful painting of a cluster, large enough to fill a peck measure. The artist, however, for pictorial effect, has concealed the single stem from which all the blooms spring in the representation of a vase. This specimen was grown in the highlands of Tennessee on good soil and was the most artistic natural cluster of roses the writer has ever seen. The hardiness of New Century seems to be entirely established, as it has been grown in several widely-separated localities four years without the slightest Winter protection, and has never been injured, even by a temperature of 26 degrees below zero. If well fertilized it is almost continually in bloom, but must be cut back well in the Spring and again in July to promote the formation of new shoots. There is little doubt that Rugosa hybrids are destined to wide popularity when their merits become more fully known, especially where the so-called hardy garden roses are commonly winterkilled. The Canadian Experimental Farm at Ottawa classes the various Rugosa hybrids as "half-hardy" in that severe climate, in distinction to such entirely hardy varieties as the Rugosa proper, Persian Yellow, etc. By half-hardy is meant that tender late growths are often killed, but matured wood is seldom injured. A perfectly hardy plant should preserve its terminal buds like a currant or gooseberry through any stress of temperature. Practically, we have found moderate winterkilling of more benefit than injury, as it necessitates closer pruning than might be given if all the growth remained intact. We would counsel those who plant roses of the New Century type to put them in rich, moist soil when possible, and away from buildings so that the erect and robust habit may be preserved. While blooms may be produced the next season after planting, the bushes will not show their full development until three or four years have passed, but they are apparently good for a life-time if not allowed to starve. --W. V. F. [Walter Van Fleet]

(30 Jan 1897)  Page(s) 75.  
 
A Blue Rose.
W. D. D., Ontario — Where can the blue rose, so highly spoken of in The R. N.-Y., be obtained?
Ans. — W. D. D. is in error when he says that a blue rose was highly spoken of in The R. N.-Y. No blue rose is known to exist; the nearest approach to it are some of the Hybrid Remontant varieties in which crimson shades to an ugly, slaty violet, such as Violet Queen or Reine des Violettes.

(3 Mar 1894)  Page(s) 135.  Includes photo(s).
 
NEW HARDY VARIEGATED ROSE, ROGER LAMBELIN, (Peter Henderson & Co.) is said to be one of the most remarkable roses yet offered. The petals are irregular on the edges like a double petunia; the color is glowing crimson throughout, except the edges of the petals, which are all distinctly marked with a white band, forming a sharp contrast and the most unique combination of colors known in roses. The foliage is large and handsome. The growth is free and vigorous and the fragrance is delightful, equal to the finest of the hardy roses. It is a hybrid perpetual. Fig. 50.