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Homéere (Robert, 1859).— Eliminated by the editors 
of this edition. 
Hon. Edith Gifford (Guillot, 1882).—Of see 
stout, stiff, but not long growth, with fine foliage, 
liable to. mildew in the autumn, and requiring 
protection from rain. A good Tea Rose in the 
old days, a large proportion of the blooms coming 
good, of fine shape, petal, centre, and size, on 
straight stiff upright stems. It is thoroughly 
reliable, one of the earliest, very free-blooming, a 
good autumnal, and does excellently as a dwarf. 
A “good doer,’ giving little trouble and ample 
returns; but it looks very small nowadays among 
modern Show Roses. 
Innocente Pirola (Ducher, 1878).—Only fair in 
srowth and foliage; requires rich soil and in many 
places does not do well as a dwarf; rather lable to 
mildew, but for a white Tea Rose little injured by 
rain. The blooms come well, and the typical shape 
is unique, one of the most perfect we have, some- 
thing like the whorl of a shell. Fairly free in 
bloom, lasting, and quite full-sized. A first-class 
Rose, fine in petal and centre, it should be a great 
favourite with those purists (with whom I have 
much sympathy) who insist upon regularity and 
perfection of shape as the one thing desirable above 
all others. 
Jean Ducher (Ducher, 1874).—Eliminated by the 
editors of this edition. 
Josephine Malton, see Madame Bravy. 
La Boule d’Or (Margottin, 1860).—Eliminated by 
the editors of this edition. 
Lady Roberts (F. Cant & Co., 1902).—A highly- 
coloured sport or form of Anna Olivier, which has 
