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WHAT ROSES TO PLANT 



WHAT to plant must largely 'be a matter of 

 personal preference, but there are some outstand- 

 ing Roses, both old and new, that should be in 

 every Rose Garden. Of these we will mention a 

 few at least. 



Of the older sorts, Gruss un Teplitz (first intro- 

 duced in 1898), has been exceedingly popular as a 

 garden Rose, and has lost none of its popularity to 

 this date. The flower is. bright crimson in color ; 

 cup-shaped, semi-double, producing its flowers in 

 clusters, and a very free bloomer. 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, (1891) an im- 

 mensely popular flesh-colored Rose of large size 

 and substance, or more properly speaking, a white, 

 overlaid with shading of pale primrose-yellow, is 

 here worthy of mention. 



One of the most popular sorts is Duchess of 

 Wellington (1909), deep saffron-yellow in color, 

 with crimson markings. This Rose has been 

 voted one of the twelve best. 



Jonkheer Mock (1910), is a very popular Rose, 

 large in size, the outer petals being a bright 

 cherry-red ; inside a silvery-pink. And we do not 

 want to overlook the Killarney Roses, the freest 

 blooming of all the Roses we have, nor Laurent 



