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by frost. The blooms require a good deal of heat and 

 to be protected from rain ; they are very fine when you 

 get them good, of perfect pointed shape, with very sweet 

 scent, and are capable of reaching a full average size. It 

 is quite good enough to show in any company when 

 grown at its best, but we never see it, and this, the 

 finest shaped of all the Noisettes with the exception 

 of Marechal Mel, does not appear in the N.R.S. 

 catalogue at all. It is certainly difficult to grow 

 Avell, and has probably been more often spoken of than 

 seen during its existence of more than half a century. 



The Bride (May, 1885).— A pure white sport from 

 Catherine Mermet, of great value. It speedily took 

 a high rank, and gained a great reputation, quite equal 

 to that of the type, and is generally acknowledged as 

 being one of the best half-dozen. It is similar in every 

 respect except colour to C. Mermet, especially in the 

 incomparable form which is common to both. A slight 

 greenish-lemon tinge sometimes pervades the inner 

 petals, and gives an additional charm. The light colour 

 renders it a little more liable to injury from thrips or 

 rain. 



Wahan (Wood and Co., 1891).— Another sport from 

 Catherine Mermet, also from America. Not yet suffi- 

 ciently tested, but at present it does not often come 

 good. The Bride being so successful, we expect much 

 from the two other American sports from the same Rose, 

 Waban and Bridesmaid, but the one under notice has 

 not hitherto been often seen to advantage. 



William Allen Bicliardson (Ducher, 1878). — A 

 Noisette of good strong growth, but not quite so vigorous \ . 

 a climber as some others of the section. This is a 

 Rose that very soon gained a great reputation purely 

 by its colour, which is a real orange, a shade till then 



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