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company with Mr. Netting, I repeatedly examined the novel- 

 ties in the latter place, and the following varieties impressed 

 me as being particularly valuable. I even believe that in the 

 future they will occupy permanent positions in our gardens. 

 There are still many other promising varieties, but they were 

 not in a condition most favorable for judging of their merits. 



''Of the many varieties that I saw the one which struck 

 me most favorably as regards form and color was the rose 

 Madame Moreau (tea) of Moreau-Robert. The deep copper- 

 yellow color of this rose can be found in no other. The 

 shade is sometimes approached in Beauts de I'Europe, and 

 perhaps in Madame B^rard and a few others, but in none is 

 there such a rich color as in Madame Moreau. If we con- 

 sider Clotilde Soupert (polyantha) as a novelty of 1890, it 

 nevertheless hardly requires mention here, for it is already so 

 well known on account of the color and number of its flowers. 



"Another excellent tea rose is Sappho, of W. Paul & 

 Son. The color is a deep straw yellow. The buds are 

 almost perfectly spherical, but when expanded the flower is 

 in the form of a cup. The plant is of very free habit, blooms 

 abundantly, and is by no means to be neglected for cut-flowers. 



"A third tea rose is Miss Marston (of Pries). Its ground 

 color is white with a flush of yellow, the outer petals having a 

 margin of pink at the tips, passing into apricot-yellow towards 

 the center. When the flower is fully opened the yellow 

 recedes, the inner petals appear to be white, and the outer 

 ones assume a deeper rose-pink. The form is spreading and 

 open, producing a magnificent effect. 



''Duchesse Marie Salviati, of Soupert & Netting, should 

 occupy the fourth place. The form of the flower is very dif- 

 ferent from that of the others. The buds are very long, as in 

 Niphetos when grown under glass, Reine Marie Henriette, 

 and a few others, but still the flower opens very easily. What 

 gives this variety an especial value, besides its form, is its 

 peculiar coloring. The shades are a dark orange-yellow, 

 flesh-colored rose, and the finest peach-red. Since these 

 tints run together, the gray-rose of David Pradel may some- 

 times be seen on individual flowers. In coloring, this variety 

 perhaps approaches most closely the beautiful old Mont Rose, 

 but in form it is radically different. 



''The tea rose Rheingold, of Lambert & Reiter, must also 



