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Vol. XII. 



DECEMBER, 1889. 



No. 12, 



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ROSE JOHN HOPPER. 



y\ MOXG the numerous 

 YvJ^Y flowers that may be 

 used to adorn the 

 garden there is 

 none to compare 

 with the rose ; or to e.vpress it in the 

 language of the humorous Thomas 

 Hood, — 



The tulip is a courtly queen 



Whom, therefore, I will shun ; 

 The cowslip is a country wench. 



The violet is a nun. 



The lily is all in white, like a saint, 



And so is no mate for me ; 

 And the daisy's cheek is tipped with a blush, 



She is of such low degree. 



But I will plight with the dainty rose, 

 For fairest of all is she. 



The rose is a stud}' by itself, and 

 has received so much attention from 

 gardeners that there are now nearly 

 one thousand named and catalogued 

 varieties, which are in general culti- 

 vation. Among the hybrid remon- 

 tant roses, the subject of this sketch 

 is one which deserves e.xtended cul- 

 tivation. It was originated in the 

 year 1862, by Mr, Ward of Ipswich, 

 England, from Jules Margottin 



crossed with Madame \'idot, and has 

 proved itself a hard}', vigorous and 

 free blooming variety. 



In Mr. H. B. Ellwanger's work on 

 "The Rose," the John Hopper is 

 thus described : — " Bright rose with 

 carmine centre, large and full, semi- 

 globular, light red thorns, stout 

 bushy growth." This point of light 

 thorns is a point in its favor for cut- 

 ting, and the only point urged against 

 it by exhibitors is that the flowers 

 will not stand a long journey. 



Mr. Girdlestone, an English gar- 

 dener, speaks of this rose as fol- 

 lows : — 



"The opening of the flowers is rarely 

 affected b}- weather of any sort, 

 except that in a very hot, dry season 

 the blooms expand somewhat too 

 rapidly ; but, on the other hand, 

 autumn blooms are often developed 

 in the cooler weather late in the year 

 in very great beauty of color. 

 Another good point about this rose, 

 whicli, no doubt, has also materially 

 contributed to its long-continued 

 popularity and wide distribution, is 

 the readiness with which cuttings of 



