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with a very prominent mass of pale yellow sta- 
mens, and a black disk in the centre. This 
variety has the peculiarity of closing its flowers 
at night and opening them again the following 
morning. If you want a double rose of the same 
type, grow Manda’s Triumph. The flowers 
are sweetly scented and pointed in the bud; the 
blooming period extends over two months, from 
July to September. 
Farquhar is the best bright-pink rose of this 
group. The colour is wonderfully brilliant, being 
almost a cherry hue, and the flowers are pro- 
duced in great clusters. Except in colour, it is a 
counterpart of Triumph. The freest-flowering 
roses of this type are Débutante and Lady Gay, 
both a clear, light pink, the former having double 
flowers an inch and a half across. The latter, 
though flowering more profusely, has smaller 
individual blooms. For very deep-pink flowers, 
grow Minnehaha; and for crimson, Hiawatha. 
As a foliage plant, Evergreen Gem, one of 
the early hybrids of this section (having Rosa 
Wichuraiana as one of its parents), is unique. 
Its flowers are creamy white, single, and very 
large, recalling those of the tender, southern 
Cherokee rose. The evergreen character of its 
foliage, is more marked on light, sandy soils than 
