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results though we hear of great things. So far Lyon 
Rose is the first of what will be a new race mostly 
of good yellows. . 
Madame Ravary (Pernet-Ducher, 1891).—Elimi- 
nated by the editors of this edition. 
Mamie (A. Dickson & Sons, 1901).—Of strong 
healthy growth with good foliage. The buds are 
large and open slowly into very full flowers having 
_ fine petals and globular shape with high centre. A 
fine Rose for exhibition, and most reliable, as it is. ° 
the best variety to ‘‘stand’’—7.e. keep its shape 
and colour—in a cut state I know, outside the pure 
Tea class. It is the only Rose, other than pure Tea, 
of which I have successfully shown the same bloom 
at two exhibitions. 
Marquise Litta (Pernet & Ducher, 1893).—This 
very soon became a well-known and popular variety. 
It is of stout, stiff, thorny growth, with foliage and 
general appearance of a H.P. character; and the 
flowers are very distinct, there being something 
. characteristic in the arrangement of the inner petals 
which is often very regular and pleasing. They are 
large, very bright and fairly lasting. Free-flower- 
ing, and a good autumnal even in hot climates, it is 
a Rose to be recommended for its fine colour and 
shape. 
Mildred Grant (A. Dickson & Sons, 1901).—This 
is, no doubt, at its best one of the finest of all Show 
Roses, no well-shaped bloom of the true pointed 
refined form equalling it in size or in length and 
stoutness of petal. The habit is robust, the wood 
short and stout, and the leaf petioles very long. 
Each shoot produces a flower, and strong plants will 
bloom well again in the autumn. These great 
