20 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 



Sunrise, salmon, charming colour, but not 

 a hardy variety. 



The Bride, white or very pale yellow, a 

 sport from Catherine Mermet, good in 

 pots, and also a useful garden Rose. 



* White Maman Cachet, a white or lemon 

 sport from Maman Cochet; it seldom 

 comes pure white, but is in all cir- 

 cumstances one of the best varieties 

 grown. 



* These might be chosen for a small collection. 



HYBRID TEAS 



The Hybrid Teas have shown the greatest development of any 

 during recent years. Most of the best varieties have been intro- 

 duced since 1880, and several splendid sorts since 1890. It may 

 be safely prophesied that for many years to come the most 

 marked improvements effected with any class of dwarf Rose 

 will be with H.T.'s. The most successful of modern raisers are 

 working on them, and apart from that there is the consideration 

 that the H.P.'s and Teas have already been improved so much 

 that further development is difficult. The H.T.'s present a mine 

 only half-worked, and one which has yielded gems of such 

 promise as to foster bright hopes of further good things. 

 The varieties, as we have already seen, are crossbreds between 

 H.P.'s and Teas, and they combine in no small degree the 

 merits of both these great and beautiful classes. They have 

 warmer leaf tints than the former, and a longer flowering 

 season ; they have, on the whole, more vigorous growth than the 

 Teas, and richer colours. All this amounts to saying that they 

 are very valuable as garden plants, and such is indeed the case. 

 In the list of twelve Roses for beds on a previous page two are 

 Teas, three H.P.'s, and seven H.T.'s. This is surely very signifi- 

 cant. In our own experience of Rose-growing during recent years, 

 which embraces all the classes, the H.T.'s are already the most 

 valuable for dwarfs, and we have little hesitation in saying that 

 every succeeding year will strengthen their position. 



As a class, the H.T.'s are distinguished by strong growth 

 with a fair amount of young spring colour (although not quite 



