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Where all are so beautiful it is very difficult to make a choice. 

 Lady Ashtovvn is a charming pink, and Lady Helen Vincent a pink 

 with a yellow base. Earl of Warwick is a fine salmon pink. 

 Edu Meyer is coppery red with a salmon shading. Madame 

 Melanie Soupert is a very pretty salmon-coloured variety, which 

 blooms freely and has a particularly neat flower. Marquise de 

 Sinety is a rich yellow inclining to orange. Ecarlate is a par- 

 ticularly vivid scarlet, and General MacArthur a splendid crimson, 

 bearing abundance of flowers. These are two of the best of the 

 deeper coloured Hybrid Teas. Mrs. T. Roosevelt is a fine cream- 

 coloured variety, with large, handsome, substantial flowers. It 

 ought to become a great favourite for exhibition. 



DWARF SINGLE ROSES 



A class of low-growing single-flowered Roses has been intro- 

 duced, with flowers of great beauty. Three of the best are : 



Irish Elegance, bronzy orange. | Irish Engineer, scarlet. | Irish Glory, silvery pink. 



Of these Irish Elegance is the most desirable. It is a beautiful 

 and very distinct variety. Exquisite sprays of it can be cut for 

 vase decoration. 



TWO BEAUTIFUL CONTINENTAL HYBRIDS 

 Two of the most distinct Roses that we have are : 



Gottfried Keller, apricot, semi-double. | The Lyon, coral, tinted chrome. 



These are hybrids of Continental origin. The latter is a par- 

 ticularly interesting variety. It is supposed to have Austrian Brier 

 blood in its veins, and is classed as a Hybrid Pernetiana Rose- 

 quite a new section. 



JAPANESE ROSES 



The Japanese Roses (Rosa rugosa varieties), with their rough 

 leaves, large flowers, and huge hips, are useful for forming large 



