68 THE BOOK OF ROSES 



Marco, A yellowish copper fading to white. The 



flowers are borne on long stems and are full and 



very perfectly shaped. An early flowering Rose. 

 May Queen. Also, as its name implies, an early bloomer. 



It bears a small truss of medium-sized flowers, pink 



with a white centre. 

 Minnehaha. Resembles Dorothy Perkins, but its flowers 



are larger and paler in colour. It has a long truss, 



with the individual flowers on good footstalks. It 



flowers in July, and sometimes in Autumn. 

 Mrs Littleton Deiuhurst. A very good white Rose, 



much like Lady Gay, from which it is a white sport. 

 Milky Way. This much resembles the type, Wichuraiana. 



It is white, with flowers either single or with a 



double row of petals. 

 Northern Light. A free flowering Rose bearing large 



clusters of medium sized blooms of all shades of 



pink and white. The flowers are double. 

 Paradise. This Rose has its petals curiously twisted. 



It flowers from early July, bearing pink flowers 



with a white centre. 

 Paul Transon. This has a coppery carmine bud, which 



opens into a rather flat double rose-pink flower. 



Large trusses of from ten to twenty flowers, from 



mid-June, and sometimes in Autumn. 

 Pearl Queen. A large double bloom, with blush centre, 



borne in trusses of from five to seven. 

 Pink Roamer. This is a June-flowering Rose, with a 



pretty pink single flower with white centre. Its 



colour is fugitive. 

 Pinson. A nice large flower, with a coppery bud, 



turning to pale buff, and finally white tinged 



with flesh colour. 

 Rene Andre. This bears large double blooms, in trusses 



of from one to five. The flowers are yellow, 



streaked with carmine and pink, with buds of 



