THE 



Canadian Horticulturist 



Vol XVII. 



1894 



No. 2. 



MRS. JOHN LAING ROSE. 



EARLY eleven hundred varieties of roses are 

 counted worthy of a place in the list given by 

 H. B. Ellwanger in his book on the rose. How 

 widely this favorite flower has been idolized by 

 those who a])preciate flowers, and yet how 

 many in our province know almost nothing 

 of the many beautiful varieties which are 

 within their reach. A rose to them is "only a 

 rose " ; and the many charming characteristics 

 which distinguish one from another, are to such 

 persons a sealed book. 

 Among the hybrid remontants of recent origin, the Mrs. John Laing is one 

 of the most desirable. It originated with Mr. Henry Bennett, of England, 

 a noted rose grower, in the year 1887. This rose is a seedling from Francois 

 Michelon. It is valuable for forcing, and yet succeeds admirably in the open 

 ground, being a vigorous grower and flowering almost continuously. The flower 

 is soft pink in color ; very large, and very fragrant. 



Mr. W.Taplin, speaking of early-blooming hybrid perpetuals, says : "Among 

 the earlier hybrids Mrs. John Laing and Madame Gabriel Luizet take a 

 prominent place, these being among the most beautiful of pink roses, and both 

 are readily forced." 



