76 THE BOOK OF ROSES 



such an old favourite must have sterling merit about it 

 or it would not hold its own as it does against so many 

 newer rivals. Madame Jules Gravereaux took third 

 place. This Rose is a fairly new variety, and has 

 received much praise since its introduction. Its in- 

 dividual blooms are sometimes very perfect, one of them 

 having been rumoured to have received six points from 

 competent judges at a National Rose Society Show, 

 five points being considered the usual maximum. 



The two divisions into which these Roses have been 

 classed divide them roughly also into Summer- and 

 Perpetual-flowering Roses. The first division, with 

 the exception of Gruss an Teplitz and Alister Stella 

 Gray, are all Summer-flowering, while the second 

 division, excepting Una and Macrantha, are all 

 Perpetual s. 



