OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



Hybrid Perpetual began to take first place in the 

 rose world. Perfectly hardy, of fine growth, having 

 a longer period of bloom than its predecessors of 

 equal growth and beauty, it became more and more 

 popular, and held its sway until about 1890. Its dis- 

 advantage was its short period of bloom compared 

 with Teas and Chinas which, while very much 

 smaller in growth, were more constant bloomers and, 

 as a general rule, superior to the Hybrid Perpetuals 

 in perfume and foliage. 



Tea roses had existed in England and France 

 from early hi the nineteenth century, and yet 

 after the cross of the Damask and Hybrid China, 

 which gave the rose world the first Hybrid Per- 

 petual, it was not until 1867 that the first cross of 

 merit between the Teas and the Hybrid Perpetuals 

 made its appearance. At once the rose world ob- 

 tained what it had so long desired, combining in a 

 seedling the best of both parents, a rose as hardy, or 

 nearly as hardy as the Hybrid Perpetual a rose 

 that bloomed practically as often as the Tea and 

 that had fine foliage and perfume. This rose, the 

 first of the great army of Hybrid Teas which was to 

 follow, was La France, introduced by Guillot fils, 

 its parents being Madame Victor Verdier and 

 Madame Bravy. Madame Victor Verdier was a 

 Hybrid Perpetual, introduced by E. Verdier in 1863, 



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