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Alice — Blush rose, changing to white, center with 

 straw shadings; fine flower. 



Agnese Marj Kelway — Guard petals of light rose, 

 yellow petaloids. 



Andre Laures^ — Perfect rose in form and fragrance. 



Alba Sulphurea — Fine white with sulphur center. 



Alexander Dumas — Mixed pink, double center, very 

 double, quite fragrant. This is every way satisfactory, 

 scoring the fine points readily. 



Baroness Schroder — In England this is called flesh- 

 colored; in Massachusetts it is sometimes grayish 

 white; in !N'ebraska it is the purest, softest white. In 

 the central petals there is the faintest lingering of gold- 

 en tints. It is as sweet as the rose, and in form and 

 grace of outline surpasses' any of the rose family. 

 Withal, it is so fluffy, sprite-like and ethereal, it seems 

 as if it might float aw^ay. It is vigorous, and a ready 

 bloomer. After it had grown two years I cut one root 

 into eight, and six of these bloomed the next spring. 

 They are very scarce, and spurious kinds are put on the 

 market. This exquisitely beautiful flower scores the 

 five points easily. 



Beauty's Queen — Is a large white ; outer petals blush 

 rose. 



Bunch of Perfume — Full double, vivid rose, very 

 sweetly scented. This does not do as well in the west, 

 probably, as in England. 



Bioni — Guard petals light blush, with thread-like 

 petals ; not as vigorous as we could wish, though a love- 

 ly flower. 



