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flowered in this country. I quote the following descrip- 

 tion of this rose from The New Flora and Silva. 1 



1 The solitary short pedunculate flowers, which are 

 from five to six inches across, are golden colour in the bud 

 stage, creamy white when open, finally becoming pure 

 white, the deep orange anthers standing out conspicuous 

 against the large imbricate-obovate petals, the flowers 

 being deliciously scented like the Tea Rose, of which it is 

 thought to be the origin. The smooth, fleshy hips, or fruit, 

 which are as large as a small apple, are said to be eaten by 

 the Nagas, and are sold in the bazaars in Manipur. The 

 leaves of from five to seven leaflets, are a rich, brownish- 

 green tint when young, becoming pale shining green when 

 mature. On the Riviera it flowers very freely, and has 

 been used with success for hybridizing ; also in Australia 

 it is being used more and more as a parent, owing to its 

 foliage, the progeny being found practically immune 

 from mildew and die back.' The most favoured of the old 

 tea roses was Fortune's Yellow (or Beauty of Glazen- 

 wood), the buff yellow rose sent to this country by R. 

 Fortune in 1846. This rose is unfortunately tender in 

 this country, and needs a wall even in favoured parts. 

 It was Fortune also who found R. sinica anemone in the 

 gardens of Shanghai. Why this rose, which, as its name 

 implies, resembles an anemone, is not more commonly 

 grown it is hard to understand ; for apart from its beauty 

 it is in full flower in April. 



How swiftly the Hybrid Teas have become the favour- 

 ite roses, for in Dean Hole's famous book they are not 

 even mentioned. The first list of Hybrid Teas was 



iblished by Hugh Dickson of Belfast in 1884. The 



1 The New Flora and Silva. July, 1929. 



