HYBRID TEAS 49 



Viscountess Folkestone.— An old favourite, still worth 

 growing. The blooms are large, though not of good form, 

 and the colour is cream-pink. It grows vigorously. 



Warrior.— A useful rose for massing. The buds are 

 intense red, the open flowers much paler. Growth i? 

 moderately strong. The flowers are rather small. 



Climbing Hybrid Tea Roses 



Ards Pillar.— A showy rose, with large full flowers 

 of velvety-crimson colour. 



Ards Rambler.— A handsome and fragrant rose, with 

 large carmine-rose blooms. 



Avoca.— This, though commonly grown in bush form, 

 is very vigorous. The blooms are of fine form and intense 

 bright crimson colour, though few or none are produced 

 after July. 



Bardou Job.— The blooms are large, semf-double, and 

 intense crimson with darker shading. The plant is best 

 as a pillar-rose. 



Cheshunt Hybrid.— An old and valuable rose, with 

 carmine-red, fragrant flowers, freely produced. This was 

 the first of the Hybrid Teas, and is still popular. The 

 flowers are not of very good form. 



Climbing Captain Christy.— The blooms are of pale 

 flesh-pink colouring, similar to those of the old dwarf 

 rose Captain Christy, from which the climbing variety 

 is a " sport." 



Climbing Caroline Testout.—A climbing "sport" 

 from the favourite bush variety. The blooms are 

 similar. 



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