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great favourites of mine. Amabilis, a clear 

 China-pink, and most abundant bloomer, was 

 sent me by a happy mistake from Orleans 

 some years ago, and has delighted all beholders 

 since. So has Baronne de Hoffmann^ which one 

 only finds in one or two English catalogues, a 

 vivid copper-red with yellow base to the petals, 

 extremely vigorous in growth. But why is 

 not that beautiful Rose, Monsieur Tillier, raised 

 in 1891 by Bernaix of Lyons, seen oftener 

 here ? It is not a show Rose : but then we 

 are not all of us exhibitors ; and it is simply 

 invaluable for cutting, never out of flower 

 from June to November, and bearing heads of 

 medium-sized, imbricated carmine and brick- 

 red flowers in such abundance, that a group 

 of two or three plants makes a vivid splash 

 of colour right across my garden. I first saw 

 it at the Paris Exhibition of 1900, and have 

 planted it freely ever since with great success, 

 as it is quite hardy and even more effective 

 than a China Rose, and lasts for many days in 

 water. 



As to red Tea Roses we have travelled on far 



