GARDENS OF ROSES 



the teas, and in various ways they combine the good 

 qualities of both of these great and distinguished 

 classes. They are more hardy and vigorous in growth 

 than the teas, characteristics inherited from the hybrid 

 perpetuals, while from the teas they have taken a 

 long flowering period and warm, rich tones of twig 

 and leaf. Their flowers are brilliant and clear in tone 

 and they have indeed a distinct and particular beauty. 

 Several rose lovers that I have known, who have 

 devoted their entire space to this class of roses, have 

 done so without regret. 



Madame Jules Grolez, a comparatively new rose 

 of bright cherry red, resembles in form and general 

 uprightness the well-known Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 

 It has proved notably hardy for a hybrid tea and most 

 generous with its bloom. 



J. B. Clark, also a new rose, is really startling 

 when seen in all its possible perfection. The very fra- 

 grant flowers are unusually large, and their wonderful 

 dark crimson color is thought by many to surpass even 

 that of the Richmond and the Liberty, which never- 

 theless are both roses of notable brilliancy, although 

 they do not attain the remarkable size of the newer 

 variety. 



Souvenir de Wootton is an old rose, yet still a 

 favorite, owing to its strong, free growth and the 

 abundance of its bloom, which is delightfully fragrant 

 and of a bright red that passes gradually to magenta 

 and violet crimson. 



The Meteor roses are large and well formed in 

 both bud and flower. They are a rich crimson with 



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