NEW INTRODUCTIONS AND SPECIAL CLASSES 



HYBRID PERPETUALS 



This class gives large beautiful flowers on long 

 stalwart stems, most attractive as cut flowers; some 

 varieties are fragrant; but we have no yellow Hybrid 

 Perpetual of merit. 



There is no perfectly hardy yellow rose for the 

 extreme North which compares in form with the 

 Hybrid Perpetuals. Harry Kirk is the hardiest of 

 the good yellows, but not hardy enough to stand 

 the extreme Northern winters. The old Austrian 

 Briars are very hardy, but their flowers are single 

 and they bloom only for a short period in the spring. 

 It would seem that some of the recent introductions 

 in Hybrid Austrian Briars (Pernetianas) might do 

 well in this section. Perhaps the best to try would 

 be Soleil d'Or, a cross between the old Persian Yellow 

 and a Hybrid Perpetual. This rose does not kill 

 back at all near Philadelphia. While not of perfect 

 form, it is large and double, and of most attractive 

 color; and has been added to the Hybrid Perpetual 

 list. In addition, four Hybrid Teas with Hybrid 

 Perpetual characteristics have been included. 



The best of the Hybrid Perpetuals for fall bloom 

 are: Captain Hayward, Frau Karl Druschki, Mar- 

 garet Dickson, Mrs. John Laing, Paul Neyron, Oskar 

 Cordel and Urania, although Frau Karl Druschki 



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