CHAPTER XV 



PERNETIANA ROSES 



These form quite a new class of roses, and the following 

 is the story of their birth. An eminent raiser of new 

 roses, Monsieur Pernet-Ducher, of Lyons, conceived the 

 happy idea of using the old Persian Yellow Brier rose 

 in his experiments in cross-breeding, and succeeded in 

 producing the remarkable variety, Soleil d'Or. This 

 had for parents the Persian Yellow and the Hybrid 

 Perpetual, Antoine Ducher. 



This wonderful novelty resembles the Persian Brier 

 in its reddish bark and vivid green foliage, while the 

 flowers, although large and double, something like those 

 of a Hybrid Perpetual, are of rich orange-yellow, shaded 

 with Nasturtium red. From Soleil d'Or, which was 

 introduced in 1900, M. Pernet-Ducher has raised many 

 seedlings of novel and unique colouring. A number of 

 these have been introduced ; they bear a marked resem- 

 blance to the Persian Brier rose in growth and prickles, 

 and the foliage of most sorts, though glistening, has a 

 brier-like appearance. 



It is, therefore, fitting that the distinctive name of 

 " Pernetiana," should be given to this new type of rose, 

 seeing that it is of M. Pernet-Ducher's creation. If pre- 

 cedent were needed, it is afforded by the Noisette 



