THE ROSE SEASON, 1897. 



rose season for 1897 is 

 past, and we might al- 

 most say that for bloom 

 and magnificent dis- 

 play it has been a jubi- 

 lee season for that queen of flowers 

 Never before had I such a gorgeous dis- 

 play and for many days my garden was 

 X source of general attraction to lovers 

 of the beautiful. But the season was 



course has much to do with this varia- 

 tion. 



Among the darker sorts the Jean 

 Liabaud has easily led all the others, 

 Baron de Bonstetten coming second, 

 Fisher Holmes third. Prince Camilla 

 was not at all satisfactory. Of the 

 crimson varieties the Jack still leads, 

 and though not as compact a rose as 

 one would like it is not likely to be sur- 



FiG. 1193, — View i>j Mr. Race's Harden, Mitchell. 



nevertheless disappointing in that it was 

 so short, owing to the extreme hot 

 weather which set in with the first 

 blooming, and continued till every bud 

 was either forced into bloom or withered 

 before opening 



Every year seems to bring a new e.x- 

 perience to the rose grower, and every 

 season fresh favorites. Roses that I 

 have given only second or third places 

 heretofore have easily taken first rank 

 this season, and some of my former 

 favorites have done only fairly well this 

 year. The character of the season of 



passed for years to come. Another 

 magnificent rose of a lighter shade is 

 the Ulrich Brunner which among its 

 class has easily taken first rank this sea- 

 son. Among the still lighter shades 

 the Jules Margottin has quite outstripped 

 the Magna Charta this season, but 

 both have been beaten by the Francois 

 Michelon, Baron Prevost, and Duke 

 of Edinburgh. Going a shade still lighter 

 what can surpass Madame Gabriel 

 Luizet for beauty of form and profuse 

 blooming ? It is truly a charming rose, 

 and should be first choice in its class in 



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