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Fig. 259. THE EVER-POPULAR KILLARNEY. A 



Rose that is as valuable for the outdoor garden 



as for the greenhouse, and in which all the colors 



are equally desirable 



furnished more than forty Roses apiece. 



pink, shading much lighter on the under side of the petals. 



flowers are borne on good stems and the plants are strong growers. 



Caroline Testout (rose) 

 Rose Marie (deep pink) 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward (yel- 

 low) 



Premier (pink) 

 Sunburst (orange yellow) 

 Los Angeles (pink) 



Maman Cochet for 

 pink, the white Cochet, 

 and Lady Hillingdon for 

 yellow are three of the 

 desirable Tea Roses. Of 

 the newer varieties of 

 Hybrid Tea Roses espe- 

 cially adapted for out- 

 door flowering, I was 

 greatly impressed with a 

 half-dozen plants of the 

 variety Mrs. William C. 

 Egan, (introduced by 

 Howard and Smith) on 

 the grounds of Mr. W. 

 C. Egan during the Sum- 

 mer of 1922. They were 

 the center of attraction 

 among more than sixty 

 varieties. The six plants 

 The color is a deep flesh 

 The 



POLYANTHA ROSES, OR BABY RAMBLERS 

 This class is good for both outdoors and indoors. As bedders 

 the plants will flower all Summer and make attractive displays. 

 The flowers, while small, are fine for cutting. Treated like the Hybrid 

 Perpetuals they can be flowered indoors and such varieties as Baby 

 Tausendschoen, Erna Teschendorff, Mrs. Cutbush, Phyllis, white 

 and pink Baby Rambler, Orleans and others make ideal Easter 

 plants. Such as come in too late for that date can be disposed of 

 to advantage for Memorial Day. Field-grown plants treated the 

 same as the Hybrid Teas for outdoor planting need but little prun- 

 ing, and one of the showiest of all is Mme. Cecile Brunner, the 

 Sweetheart Rose. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES 



Some of the most beautiful of all Roses belong to this class. 

 While used extensively for permanent outdoor planting they are not 



