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golden yellow; G. Nabonnand, flesh colour; Princesse 

 de Sagan, velvety crimson ; Mme Lambard, pink ; Mme 

 Hoste, primrose colour ; Marie van Houtte, lemon, 

 tipped with copper ; Edith GifFord, white ; Mme Falcot, 

 apricot. 



Among Hybrid Perpetuals may be named General 

 Jacqueminot, brilliant crimson; Marie Baumann, carmine; 

 Alfred Colombe, carmine ; Frau Karl Druschki, white ; 

 Charles Lefevre, crimson ; Prince Camille de Rohan, 

 maroon ; Duke of Connaught, dark crimson ; Mrs John 

 Laing, pink ; and Mrs Sharman Crawfurd, pink. 



Others will be found among the selections of Roses 

 at the end of the book. 



The class of Hybrid Tea Roses is a new one. In the 

 official catalogue of the National Rose Society for 1882, 

 no hybrid Tea Rose is mentioned. In the catalogue of 

 1884 three varieties are named, Cheshunt hybrid, Long- 

 worth Rambler, and Reine Marie Henriette. By 1893 

 the list had swollen to twenty, and in 1899 to f rtv > 

 whilst in the last edition of the catalogue no less than 

 173 varieties are named. 



This class includes Roses which on the whole may be 

 counted on to provide the greatest profusion of flowers 

 for the garden. They are as free flowering as Teas, 

 and as vigorous and hardy as the hardiest hybrid 

 Perpetual. In matters of cultivation there is a good 

 deal of difference of requirement according to variety, 

 some needing almost the same treatment as Tea Roses, 

 whilst others call for very similar treatment to that given 

 to hybrid Perpetuals. Especially in pruning is judg- 

 ment called for. On the whole hybrid Teas require 

 comparatively little pruning, certainly very much less 

 than is usually desirable with hybrid Perpetuals. The 

 Rev. J. H. Pemberton recommends the following hybrid 

 Teas as specially suitable for garden decoration : Irish 

 Beauty, among the whites, together with Kaiserin 



