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countess Folkestone rose as reminding him of a beautiful girl wearing 

 a light-colored Gainsborough hat, ornamented with white ostrich 

 plumes. 



Opposite my Folkestone hedge I have a hedge of La France roses. 

 By enriching the soil, carefully cultivating, and not giving it too much 

 sun, the purplish hue of La France is eliminated in Oregon, and its 

 roses almost equal Viscountess Folkestone in size, and Captain Christy 

 in exquisite perfection of color. I know no rose with a more delicious 

 perfume than La France, and while Mme. Caroline Testout excels it 

 in color, in the longer time of blooming, in ability to bloom in perfec- 

 tion in the hottest clays of summer, and as a fall bloomer, nevertheless 

 the perfume of the La France enables it to hold good its own against its 

 more beautiful rival. People who know La France as seen in the flor- 

 ists' shops in Han Francisco have little idea of its great beauty and size 

 as grown in gardens in Oregon. It will take a very fine rose, which 

 has not yet been originated, to supplant La France in Oregon. 



Captain Christy is classed as a hybrid tea. Like many of that 

 class, it is usually of moderate growth. Occasionally its roses are im- 

 perfect, but, when perfect, it is one of the most beautiful of all roses. 

 Its delicate flesh color, deepening into soft pink, is unsurpassed. 



Kaiserina Augusta Victoria is another fine hybrid tea. It is a deli- 

 cate lemon-yellow, although usually called a white rose. It blooms 

 well in the garden and also under glass. 



Gloire Lyonnaise was introduced as a yellow hybrid remontant rose. 

 I class it as a hybrid tea. It is a more decided yellow than Kaiserina 

 Augusta Victoria, and is much superior to it as a garden rose. It does 

 not produce a great quantity of roses, but such as it does, are magnifi- 

 cent. I consider it the best of all so-called white roses. There are no 

 pure white roses. What are called white roses are very delicately- 

 colored yellow or pink roses, which quickly fade in the sun. This is 

 easily seen when they bloom in cold, cloudy weather. But for conven- 

 ience I call them white roses, as they usually turn white as soon as 

 they bloom, and most people know them as such. 



Pierre Guillot is the best of the red hybrid teas. It is a beautiful 

 scarlet-crimson color, and blooms in the hot sun without quickly fading. 



All the hybrid teas are hardy in Oregon, and are most satisfactory. 



PINK AND CARMINE HYBRID REMONTANT ROSES. 



All the hybrid remontant pink, cherry-red, and carmine roses bloom 

 m Oregon m rare perfection. Baroness Rothschild, Mme. Gabrielle 

 Lmzet Mrs. John Laing, Mile. Eugene Verdier, Francois Michelon, 

 Ulrich Brummer, Anne de Diesbach, Mrs. George Dickson, Her Majesty, 

 and many others are of perfect form, of the largest size, and outshine 

 each other m exquisite perfection of color. 



