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be grovvu of it and started at intervals of two weeks or so witli tliat 

 object in view. ''Meteor," being crimson in color and everblooming 

 in character, has largely taken its place. It is, however, not 

 so good a rose as the older favorite in any way, except- 

 ing in its perpetual blooming qualities. It has little or no fragrance, 

 and it is not so large nor so good in form, nor is it so pleasing in its 

 crimson coloring. This rose was raised from seed in England. A 

 newer crimson-colored variety, known as "Liberty," was distributed 

 for general cultivation during 1900, which is very much superior to 

 Meteor in every way, excepting that it is not such an easy doer, be- 

 ing more difficult to manage, but is giving excellent results with some 

 growers. Liberty was a seedling raised in Ireland. 



"Perle des Jardins," a yellow tea-scented rose of French origin, 

 was sent out in 1874, and for a number of years was very popular, 

 leading all others for a few seasons and entirely superseding 

 "Marechal Niel," a yellow rose blooming in crops with rampant 

 growing tendencies, so much so that special houses were built in 

 which to develop its peculiarities. Although the "Niel" was a large 

 flower and a beautiful shade of yellow, the vei*}^ short stems upon 

 w^hich the blooms appear would debar it on social and general oc- 

 casions in these days of long, stout and erect stemmed roses, and 

 would find little or no favor now, excepting possibly on special occa- 

 sions. 



From the "'Perle" quite a number of sports have originated. The 

 first was "Sunset," which appeared near to Jersey City, N. J., about 

 the year 1880, and was a fawn shade of yellow in color, and the 

 leaves on the joung growth had a more reddish tinge than appears on 

 the older Perle. This also became quite popular. ''Senator McNaugh- 

 ton," a creamy white in color, originated in Philadelphia, but was 

 not grown to any extent because it was not nearly so good in any way, 

 save possibly in its free blooming qualities, a feature which distin- 

 guishes the most popular v.hite rose to this day for winter blooming 

 ever introduced, namely, the Bride. Another sport came from Can- 

 ada, but this I am inclined to think sported from Sunset, and was 

 called Lady Dorothea; the coloring was more intense in the latter 

 than the former. Pink Perle and White Perle were announced from 

 Kentucky, but neither made any impression upon the trade for cut 

 flow^ers. "Sunrise" wjls one of the novelties among roses last 

 year (1901). It is a European production and is very beautiful. 

 It may be a sport from Sunset, as it has the same general habit as 

 that variety, both in foliage and coloring of the flowers, but very 

 much intensified. This variety has also sported. It perhaps would 

 be safest to say, reverted, for so far the flower's produced on the 

 sported branch are apparently identical with Perle des -Jardins. 



