Part 8

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.