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BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 



* Madame Gabriel Luizet, silvery pink, very 



sweet, not a good late bloomer. 

 Madame Victor Verdier, light red, 



brilliant colour, vigorous. 

 Marchioness of Londonderry, ivory, large, 



deep flower, vigorous. 

 Maria Baumann, carmine, deep flower, 



fragrant. 

 Merveille de Lyon, white, strong grower 



and free bloomer, but not sweet. 

 *Mrs. John Laing, pink, vigorous, sweet, 



very free bloomer, one of the best. 



* These might be chosen 



*Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford, pink, 



vigorous, very floriferous. 

 *Senateur Vaisse, crimson, globe-shaped 



flower, sweet. 

 Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi, bright rose, 



very rich in hue. 

 *Ulrich Brunner, cherry, globe-shaped, a 



strong grower and free bloomer, very 



sweet. 



Ulster, salmon, deep flower, strong grower. 

 Victor Hugo, bright crimson. 

 Xavier Olibo, dark crimson, globe-shaped. 



for a small collection. 



FRAGRANT H.P. ROSES 



The following varieties may be selected from the above list as 

 very sweet ; 



Alfred Colomb. 

 Charles Lefebvre. 

 Dr. Andry. 

 Earl of Duflferin. 



E. Y. Teas. 

 Ge"n6ral Jacqueminot. 

 Madame Gabriel Luizet. 

 Marie Baumann. 



Mrs. John Laing. 

 Senateur Vaisse. 

 Ulrich Brunner. 



TEA-SCENTED 



The beautiful Tea-scented Roses differ very considerably 

 from the H.P.'s. There is little resemblance either in habit or 

 form of bloom. Whereas the H.P.'s have green wood, the 

 young shoots of a great many of the Teas are red or brown. 

 This has a very marked effect when the two classes are grown in 

 separate beds. The H.P.'s will have no distinctive beauty until 

 they are full of foliage and bloom, but the Teas will be beautiful 

 from the time they have made their first few inches of growth. 

 The bed will be a glow of warm, lively, cheerful colour in the 

 earliest days of May almost like a bed of young herbaceous 

 Paeonies. Another important difference between the classes is 

 that while the H.P.'s complete their growth in two separate 

 movements, the Teas are always growing that is, if the soil is 

 good, and they receive sufficient moisture. The Teas flower on 



