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blooms in the Autumn. Early yellows are " Gardenia," 

 " Alberic Barbier," and " Shower-of-gold." Of these 

 the first two have deep yellow buds, changing, as do so 

 many of these yellow Roses, to creamy white when open. 

 The effect when the whole plant is in flower is very 

 beautiful, but it is a disadvantage for cutting. The 

 third, " Shower-of-gold," keeps its deep rich yellow 

 colour very well when open. Mid-season Roses include 

 " Schneeball," a very fine white, having large trusses of 

 double rosette-like flowers, which appear from late June 

 onwards : " Lady Godiva," a blush pink, in form very 

 much like the well-known " Dorothy Perkins " ; 

 " Debutante," a pink Rose with a marked and delicate 

 fragrance; and, of darker pinks, "Valentine Beaulieu," 

 which is perhaps more salmon tinted than pink, with 

 copper-coloured buds and flattish-double flowers. Two 

 other beautiful mid-season varieties are " Leontine 

 Gervais " and " Jean Guichard," both blending apricot, 

 deep salmon, copper and rose in flowers and buds. 



Among the late varieties we come first on " Dorothy 

 Perkins," the white form and the pink, both being very 

 free bloomers and bearing very large trusses of flowers. 

 Then " Mrs L. Dewhurst," a good white ; and the 

 parent of them all, " Wichuraiana " itself. This is a very 

 lovely plant, with its pure white single flowers, and its 

 golden stamens. It blooms from late July to the end of 

 October, bearing its clusters of glistening blossoms on 

 stems more trailing than most of its descendants. With 

 these we have for late blooming a blush pink, turning to 

 blush white, " Sweetheart," very sweetly scented, and 

 "Minnehaha," pink also and somewhat resembling 

 " Dorothy Perkins," but with longer trusses of bloom ; 

 " Lady Gay," still slightly deeper pink in colour, with 

 good clean dark green foliage, and a beautiful single 

 pink with a white centre. " Paradise," with curiously 

 twisted petals. All these are among the best of the 



