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predominating color are all too scarce. Mrs. Aaron 

 \\'ard, Madam Ravary, Madam Jennie Guillemot, 

 Madame Charles Lutand, Mrs. A. R. Waddell and 

 Madame Melanie Soupert, are quite desirable. The va- 

 riety Sunburst, although somewhat shy in blooming, 

 makes up for this in color and form. There are many 

 e.xcellent varieties of intermediate colors or blends rang- 

 ing from pink to yellow and orange. The best of these 

 perhaps would be Lady Pirrie, Dean Hole, Antoine 

 Rivoire, Dorothy Page Roberts, Betty, Madam Leon 

 Pain and Theresa. 



In the newer Hybrid Teas we have some varieties of 

 more than usual merit. 



Nerissa, a cream-colored variety intermingled with 

 white and peach shadings, is one that must prove popular 

 when better known. Although it is not heavy wooded, 

 it is e.xtremely vigorous in growth, the flowers are large 

 enough for exhibition purposes, and in regard to freedom 

 it leaves little to be desired. 



British Queen, a fine new white variety is, when once 

 established, a desirable addition to our roses of this color, 

 but it is none too quick in getting under way. 



Ophelia is another new salmon-shaded rose in the way 

 of Antoine Rivoire, but is more perfect in form and will 

 prove an excellent variety for cutting purposes. 



Madam Edmund Rostand will also prove a most de- 

 sirable garden variety. Its free branching growth and 

 fine play of color, including reddish salmon and orange 

 yellow, will especially appeal to the rose lover. 



General Superior Arnold Janssen is one of the most 

 desirable new red roses, being vigorous in growth and 

 unusually free in flowering. 



King George V and George Dickson, two British in- 

 troductions of last year, were sent out as Hybrid Tea 

 roses, but under our conditions they partake of the Hy- 

 brid Perpetual character and are not continuous in flower- 

 ing. In point of color, however, they may be considered 

 improvements on the majority of the deep crimson varie- 

 ties and are, therefore, to be commended. 



The comparatively new American rose, Robin Hood, 

 approaches the ideal rose for garden culture in our cli- 

 mate. Its color, a bright rosy scarlet, really improves 

 with its growth as the season advances, deepening into a 

 scarlet crimson. So far it has proved immune from mil- 

 dew or black spot and appears to flourish under the most 

 adverse conditions, throwing out great heavy bottom 

 growths continually during the hot summer months, each 

 terminating in a massive but beautifully formed flower. 

 Roses of this calibre are the typical ni^es for .America. 



TEA ROSES. 



Tea roses are more delicate in nature, and while they 

 are noted for their free flowering qualities, they lack con- 

 stitution and, with a few notable exceptions, are alto- 

 gether too tender to survive our severe winters. The 

 varieties Pink and White Maman Cochet, \\'m. R. .Smith 

 and Lady Hillingdon are, however, sufficiently hardy, with 

 a little additional winter protection, to thrive in our cli- 

 mate. The Cochet roses which have been famous for 

 many years and Wm. R. Smith, a variety somewhat simi- 

 lar but more vigorous in growth, are at their best during 

 the autumn. Lady Hillingdon, a remarkably free grow- 

 ing variety, is perhajis one of the best yellow roses and is 

 well worthy of a place in any rose garden. 



HOSE PERNETIX.V. 



An entirely new I)rcak in bedding roses was obtained 

 with the introduction of the variety Soleil d'Or, the re- 

 sult of crossing the Austrian Briars with Ihlirid Teas 

 and roses of similar types. In this section we find ci>Inr^ 



that are entirely new in the garden rose, ranging from 

 vellow through orange, copper, apricot and nasturtium 

 red. The type, as a whole, requires a different treatment, 

 particularly in pruning, from that of the other bedding- 

 roses to give the best results. The original variety, Soleil 

 d'Or, is undoubtedly our most glorious garden rose when 

 grown to perfection, but is lacking in continuous flower- 

 ing qualities. Juliet, Gottfried Keller, and Viscountess 

 Enfield are similar in habit. Lyon, Arthur R. Goodwin, 

 and Rayon d'Or evidently have more Hybrid in their com- 

 position, as they are freer in flowering, although the indi- 

 vidual flower is not so well built. The more recent in- 

 troductions, \^'illowmere and ]\Iadam Edouard Herriot 

 will undoubtedly prove the most desirable of this type for 

 garden culture, particularly VVillowmere, which appa- 

 rently is largely Hybrid Tea in habit of growth. 



DWARF POLYANTHA OR BABY RAMBLERS. 



The last of the more important bedding types brings us 

 to the Baby Rambler or Dwarf Polyantha Roses. Previ- 

 ous to the introduction of the variety Madame Norbert 

 Levavassem or Baby Rambler, this type was not consid- 

 ered important, \\ithin the last few years, however, the 

 type, on the whole, has greatly improved and we now have 

 varieties that flower so continuously that they are most 

 desirable for various purposes. Each year shows these 

 roses used more extensively for edging and underplant- 

 ing the larger types. Massed by themselves they will 

 make a showing that is truly wonderful. 



Of the older varieties of the true Polyantha type, the 

 most attractive are. no doubt, Eugenie Lamesch and 

 Leonie Lamesch, usually classed as fancy roses. Their 

 colors include various shades of copper, yellow and red. 

 The white varieties ^Mignonette and Paquerette are each 

 desirable varieties. We might class with these an old 

 \'ariety, but one of exceptional merit, the variety Marie 

 Pavie. The individual flowers are white, occasionally 

 flushed with pink. As a garden rose it has many excel- 

 lent qualities that are not sufficiently appreciated. It will 

 be found as hardy as any of this class, healthy in growth, 

 and profuse and dainty in flowering. The only red or 

 crimson variety previous to the advent of the Baby Ram- 

 bler itself was Perle des Rouges, a deep, velvety crimson, 

 and this is still classed among the desirable kinds. 



.■\mong the newer Baby Ramblers we find greatly im- 

 proved varieties, especially in regard to freedom of flow- 

 ering. Orleans Rose, Jessie and Erna TeschendorfiF are 

 among the most eft'ective of the red bedding varieties. 

 Among the pink. ]ierhaps the best are Aennchen Muller, 

 Ellen Poulson and Mrs. Cutbush. 



Among the novelties of this class oftered this year, we 

 find varieties so improved as to indicate that this type is 

 entering an era of greater usefulness. In Bordure, a light 

 carmine variety, we find a plant of rather unusual habit. 

 The growth is dwarf and extremely dense, the flowers 

 comjiletely covering the foliage. Triomphe Orleanais is 

 real!}- an immensely improved Baby Rambler. On this 

 variety the growth is more erect and the flowers larger, 

 the color a deep cherry red that holds well for an unusual 

 period. Perhaps the best of these new introductions 

 will be Madame Jules Gouchault. In habit it is all that 

 can be desired. The growth is strong and vigorous, the 

 color an effective shade of vermilion red and one that will 

 be thoroughly appreciated in the garden. In Meadow 

 -Sweet we have a variety that is dainty in every respect. 

 The color, a pleasing salmon pink with orange shadings. 

 is one that is still rare. There is a warm welcome await- 

 ing any further improvement in this color. 



\Mien we consider that in Euro]ie some of (lie most 

 frunous rose breeders are devnting their entire time and 



