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Hugh Dickson. One of the best of its class, both for 

 garden and show. A large, handsome, fragrant flower, 

 rich crimson in colour. A free-bloomer early and late. 



The lover of the delicately scented and refined Tea 

 Roses will find the following novelties worthy of his 

 attention : 



Miss Alice de Rothschild. Citron-yellow, with long, 

 pointed buds which expand into a fine full flower with 

 reflexed petals ; the colour holds well. Very sweet. 

 The plant is a strong, erect grower. 



Lady Hillingdon. Very long, pointed buds of a deep 

 apricot-yellow, a good grower and abundant bloomer. 

 There are few Roses with so rich a colour. 



Mrs. Foley Hobbs. A beautiful variety with ivory- 

 coloured flowers, the edges of which are tinted with pink. 

 The flower is very large and solid. 



Mrs. Herbert Stevens. A long, pointed bud opening 

 into a large, substantial flower. White, shaded with 

 fawn towards the centre. 



Nita Weldon. A beautiful ivory-coloured flower, the 

 edges tinted with blush. The plant is vigorous and 

 blooms freely. 



Molly Sharmon-Crawford. Ivory, cream centre. 



There is perhaps little new in the cultivation of dwarf 

 and standard Roses, whether for garden decoration or 

 show. Such change as there is lies in pruning, and this 

 only among garden-growers, who tend to discriminate 

 more than was the case in years gone by. There is a 

 tendency to prune the vigorous sorts less severely than 

 was formerly the case, leaving the shoots a foot long 

 instead of pruning to within five or six inches of the 

 ground. The weaker varieties are still pruned hard. 

 Growers for show do not, however, modify to any extent 

 the practice of past years. They may not prune all 



