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in America to find out if they are suitable for the 

 American climate and for drastic forcing there. 



The foregoing- gives those who enjoy the Queen 

 of Flowers some idea of how they are obtained, and 

 shows how Messrs. McGredy raise such wonderful 

 varieties as the Queen Alexandra Rose, Lord Lam- 

 bourne, Mabel Morse, Lord Charlemont, Diadem, Ad- 

 miration, Courtney Page, Golden Emblem, Una 

 Wallace, Princess Victoria, Christine, Mrs. Charles 

 Lamplough, Mrs. Redford, Mrs. Henry Morse, etc., 

 etc. 



Before a new Rose is distributed one of the 

 greatest difficulties the raiser has to face is its colour 

 description. Even with the aid of the colour chart, 

 whose colour is so minute as to depict of white alone 

 no fewer than sixty tones, new hues and colours are 

 always coming forth, such as in Lord Lambourne, 

 which are unnameable to the raisers' satisfaction. 



Parliament should give patent rights to a raiser 

 of a new Rose or plant, and all growers should help 

 to secure such a law, for then the stimulus to raise 

 new Roses or plants would certainly result in attract- 

 ing many more intelligent hybridisers to this interest- 

 ing field, as there would then be some chance of being 

 repaid for the brains and labour involved. 



The Rev. J. Jacob aptly misquoted Kipling in 

 ** The Garden " in this manner : 



*' You know McGredy's Roses; but his Roses are not 

 made, 

 By saying ' Oh, how beautiful ! ' and sitting in the 

 shade." 



