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hal)il of urowtli, wliosc frai^ranl flowers of velvety dark erinison 

 redeem it from ol)li\ioii. 



Radiance (1908), wliieh, if symposia condueted l)v the Ameri- 

 eaii Ixose Soeiely a few years ago are any eriterioii, used to be 

 Amei'iea's ta\'orile H/l". rose. 



Duchess of Wellington (1*)()0), still one of the best of the yellow 

 roses, in spite of its bein^ thirty years since it was introduced. 



Los Angeles (1916), which Nicolas says should be ])ulled out 

 of every i^arden and l)urned because it is the "worst of all" 

 varieties as an uncontrollable source of "black spot" infection, 

 is, slrauL^ely enou.^h, one of our best roses, which has i^rown well 

 for the ])asl (en \ears. 



Mrs. Charles Bell (1917), a sport of Red Radiance, with globu- 

 lar blooms of shell pink. 



Etoile de Hollande (1919), by many considered the best red 

 H.T. 



Rev. F. Page-Roberts (1921), a low, spreading bush, with roses 

 ol t;lori()Us form and c(i|()r (i^olden yellow, flushed with red) but 

 too few of (hem. 



Mme. Leon Pain (1904), very floriferous, with fragrant, flesh- 

 pink flowers ot good foim. 



Mrs. Lovell Swisher (1926), so far as color is concerned is just 

 another pink rose, but its flowers are large, of good form, and 

 freely produced on long stems. It is a vigorous and healthy 

 gro\\er. 



Mrs. Erskine Pembroke Thom (1926) is by many considered 

 the best yellow rose. It has done well with us. 



Margaret McGredy (1927) is remarkable for its gorgeous color- 

 ing oi orange vermillion, especially when il lirst opens. The 

 flowers are large, the plant vigorous and almost constantly in 

 bloom. 



Among (he comi)aratively new roses, the following stand out 

 as being thoroughly woi'th while, in this garden, at any rate. 



Leonard Barron (1931) has large, double flowers with co|)pery 

 salmon centers surrounded by a collarette of shell-pink petals. 

 Apart hom being a good garden rose, it is of great interest be- 

 cause of its ancestry. The Rev. C i\I. A. Schoener, by crossing 

 R. nutkana, a wild rose, who.se range extends from Alaska to 



