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A. Few if any Roses can'compare with Madame Abel Chatenay as 

 an all-round variety, but we can recommend the following as being 

 really good and fragrant : Mrs. David Jardine, Madame Segond 

 Weber, Elizabeth Barnes, Betty, Lyon Rose. The following very 

 dark Roses are scented : Charles Lefebvre, Abel Carriere, Jubilee, 

 Louis Van Houtte, Xavier Olibo, and Pierre Netting. 



Bright Coloured Roses 



Q. Kindly give me names of Roses real good Hybrid Perpetuals 

 of the beautiful, full, deep colour of Duke of Wellington and A. K. 

 Williams. I do not want bluish reds at all just the pure deep glow- 

 ing colour mentioned above. I have tried many of the so-called 

 (catalogued) crimson and deep scarlet, but when they bloom they are 

 often disappointing. Out of thirteen varieties which I hoped from 

 description to be near the same colour only the above two pleased 

 me. F. ., Bolton. 



A. You are asking for Roses that do not exist. We could name 

 some brilliant colours, but they have no special beauty of form ; indeed, 

 some are very thin. We do not know how you can find fault with 

 such a superb Rose as Charles Lefebvre or General Jacqueminot or 

 Duchess of Bedford. Such Roses need to be established a year or 

 two to see them in their real beauty, and you are expecting too 

 much the first season after planting. A few sorts that we think will 

 please you are Commandant Felix Faure, Comte Raimbaud, Hugh 

 Dickson, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Teck, Thomas Mills, and from 

 the H.T.'s Charles J. Grahame and General McArthur. Francois 

 Crousse and Ards Rover are also two brilliant colours, but these are 

 very vigorous, although they may be grown as free bushes. 



Hybrid Tea Roses for Planting in Masses and for Show 



Q. I enclose a list of dwarf H.T. Roses I have just marked, and 

 should be glad to know if you think them a good lot for bedding, 

 and also if suitable for local show. Mrs. W. J. Grant, Countess of 

 Derby, Dean Hole, Earl of Warwick, H. Armjtage Moore, Joseph 

 Hill, Lady Ashtown, Laurent Carle, Madame Abel Chatenay, 

 Madame Melanie Soupert, Monsieur Paul Lede, Mrs. D. McKee, Mrs. 

 Harold Brocklebank, Richmond, W. E. Lippiatt, William Shean, 

 Madame Hector Leuilliot (climber), Frau Philip Gedaldig. Is it 

 possible to transplant successfully during November, Hybrid Tea, 

 Roses (bush and standard) budded this summer on cutting Briar 

 E. W. W., London Suburb. 



