March 17, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



329 



RED AND DARK-RED HYBRID 



TEAS. 



Translated by G. Bleicken. 



An article on recent introductions in 

 this class of roses is contributed by 

 Fr. Harms, Hamburg, in Moller's 

 Deutsche Garten-Zietung. 



After referring to the two noted 

 roses introduced by Henry Bennett, 

 Wm. Francis Bennett (1885) and the 

 Meteor (1889), Moreau's La France of 

 '89, and others of the same strain, 

 down to Gruss an Teplitz (1898), Lam- 

 bert's Balduin (1889), Dickson's Lib- 

 erty (1900) and the 1902 introductions 

 of Paul and Jacob, and the 1903 and 

 1904 introductions of Hill, the writer 

 comes to the conclusion that "with the 

 introduction of Liberty, Bennett's work 

 has been taken up again," and that the 

 "Hybrid Perpetuals must of necessity 

 give way to the Hybrid Teas in the 

 future." 



Of Richmond (Hill, 1905) he says: 

 "Richmond was selected by the raisers 

 as best of its kind among 10,000 seed- 

 lings, one of its best qualities of su- 

 periority to Liberty being its strong 

 growth. It flowers as freely as Cather- 

 ine Mermet, the flowers being suffi- 

 ciently large, well-built and very fra- 

 grant, and the foliage noble. How 

 strong a growth the plant is capable 

 of in the open ground, I observed on 

 some grafted stock which I got from 

 my business friends, A. Dickson & 

 Sons (the raisers of Liberty) ; they 

 made growth in no way inferior to 

 the strongest perpetuals. . . . Not only 

 is Richmond superior to Liberty, but as 

 a matter of fact, it is without doubt 



HILL SEEDLING, A1. 



the greatest advancement in this class 

 of roses up to the present date. . . . 



HOUSE OF AMERICAN BEAUTY AT SCARBOROUGH, N. Y. 



Nevertheless, we should not lose sight 

 of other good introductions of late 

 which deserve honorable mention." 



Then follows the description of the 

 other two great rivals of Liberty, 

 namely: 



Etoile de France ( Pernet-Ducher, 

 1904), very much liked by European 

 growers, and General MacArthur (Hill, 

 1905), with descriptions and cultural 

 notes on each. 



Other valuable introductions men- 

 tioned are: 



George Laing Paul (Soupert & Not- 

 ting, 1904); Gruss an Sangerhausen 

 (Dr. Muller, 1905); Cherry Ripe (Paul 

 & Sons, 1905) ; Crimson Crown (A. Dick- 

 son & Sons, 1905), bearing six to seven 

 flowers on every shoot; J. B. Clark (H. 

 Dickson, 1905); Charles J. Graham (A. 

 Dickson & Sons), certificated by the 

 R. H. Society; Baron v. Pallandt 

 (Welter, 1905) ; and Grossherzog v. 

 Oldenburg (Welter, 1904). 



"Those mentioned are about all the 

 first-class red and dark red Hybrid 

 Teas up to date, but let us hope that 

 more good introductions will soon fol- 

 low them." 



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