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‘and lasting: they are also very well shaped, but have 
often some little disarrangement in the petals, which 
just prevents perfection. The colour of the flowers 
is rather mixed: in fine hot weather sometimes 
beautiful, but often undecided and weak. Occasion- 
ally, also, the blooms are rather coarse and rough. 
Still, a very fine Rose and easy to grow and get good: 
lasting and thoroughly dependable and very popular 
for exhibition ; it succeeds very well as a dwarf, 
and does not require close pruning: with too 
‘‘ liberal treatment ’”’ the blooms are almost sure to 
come divided: when laterals issue from the wood of 
the shoot bearing the chosen bud great caution 
should be used in suppressing them, for they are 
the safety valves of the sap supply, and it is only on 
weakly plants or in very hot weather that they 
should be stopped. Said to be a seedling from 
Catherine Mermet, but if so the other parent would 
seem to have had a much more vigorous con- 
stitution. 
A lemon-white sport of this Rose was issued in 
1897, which is quite the finest and best white 
Tea Rose of the pure pointed shape which we 
have at present. Identical with the type in all 
manners and customs, it has done for Maman 
Cochet what the Bride did for Catherine Mermet— 
corrected the weakness of colour while retaining the 
beauty of shape and all other good qualities. It is 
now probably the most popular of all the Exhibition 
Teas: and thus the most highly appreciated Roses 
in the three classes—Frau Karl Druschki, H.P., 
Mildred Grant, H.T., and White Maman Cochet, T. 
—are all white. But a tinge of lemon just prevents 
this Rose from being pure white. 
