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Miss Edith Cavell has (juantities of small, dark scarlet-red 

 flowers produced over a long season. A similar variety is Ideal 

 which has flowers that are darker and inclined to blacken in hot 

 weather. Both varieties are strong growers — about 2 ft. high. 

 Miss Edith Cavell is a sport of Orleans and Ideal is a sport of 

 Miss Edith Cavell. 



Eblouissant is one of the dwarfest of the Polyanthas. It has 

 dark red flowers shaded with velvety crimson, with the petals 

 (juilled like those of cactus dahlias — a fine variety. 



Joseph Guy (Lafayette) is noteworthy for the large size of its 

 freely produced light crimson flowers. Many consider this the 

 best Dwarf Polyantha. It is a strong grower. 



Chatillon is one of the showiest of all. It heis bright ])ink 

 flowers with white centers, produced in large clusters. 



"Floribuxda" Roses 



During recent years the name "Floribunda" has unofficiafly 

 been applied to a group of roses whose limits are somewhat 

 nebulous. In general they are large-flowered clustered roses par- 

 taking of the characteristics of Polyanthas and Hybrid Teas. 

 Representatives of this group including Salmon Spray, Joseph 

 Guy, World's Fair, and Holstein are to be found in this garden 

 among the Polyanthas. 



Hybrid Pkrpetuals 



Most rose authorities seem fairly w^ell agreed that four roses 

 enter into the make-up of the Hybrid Perpeluals, namely, chinen- 

 sis, gallica, damascena, and possibly centifolia. Some rosarians 

 believe that the last two named are derivatives of R. gallica. 



Representatives of these four roses are jilanted at the north 

 end of the line of Hybrid Perpetual beds to indicate the ancestry 

 of the group. The line of development, as suggested by Rehder, 

 was probably somewhat as follows: chi^iensis X damascena var. 

 (or, possibly, gallica) produced the Bourbon rose. This variety 

 X gallica, damascena, and centifolia (all belonging in the Gallicae 

 group) resulted in the Hybrid Bourbons, which, crossed with 

 chinensis and its varieties, ]:)roduced the Hybrid Perpetuals. 



During recent years the Hybrid Perpetuals, except in regions 



