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Gardening for Amateurs 



Frau Karl Druschki (H.P.). The indis- Merveille de Lyon (H.P.). White, edged 

 pensabie white Rose. It is massive and and tinted pink. Not a tall grower, but 

 beautiful in shape, and lovely in colour, close, and needs thinning out. 



Ben Cant (H.P.). Another crimson 



-*l Rose, full and rich. Flowers on and 



off during the season after the first 

 great flush. Captain Hat/ward (H.P.), 

 a bright crimson, is better for towns 

 or very shady gardens, as it does 

 better without much sunlight, but the 

 buds need a great deal of thinning. 



Princesse de Beam (H.P.). Dark 

 red and very fragrant. It does better 

 in a cold, damp neighbourhood than 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, Abel Carriere, 

 or Sir Rowland HU1, and is one of 

 the sweetest Roses grown. 



Mrs. John Laing (H.P.). This is 

 an old Rose, but if a pink H.P. be 

 wanted it can hardly be done with- 

 out. Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford 

 is better in colour, a lovely shell-pink, 

 but it is practically scentless, and 

 a martyr to mildew, a very great 

 fault. 



Madame Isaac Pereire (Bourbon). 

 A very full flower, light crimson in 

 colour, not well shaped, but most 

 deliciously fragrant. If another pink 

 Rose be preferred substitute Conrad 

 F. Meyer (Rugosa), a well shaped 

 blossom, of large size, and very 

 sweetly scented ; it is very vigorous. 



Now for some climbers. Of these 

 there are so many that it is difficult 

 to make a small selection, but 



Gloire de Dijon (Tea) cannot be 

 omitted. The colour of the blossom 

 is buff ; it has a sweet Tea scent, and 

 flowers freely all through the season. 



Dorothy Perkins (Wichuraiana). 

 Pink. About the most beautiful and 

 free growing climbing cluster Rose 

 ever produced. It never fails. There 

 is little difference between this Rose 

 and its sport, Lady Gay. It has other 

 good sports, Lady Godiva, beautiful 

 flesh tint, and White Dorothy (not 



Rose Dundee Rambler, smothering a house front. 



but it has one great drawback, it is quite 

 scentless. 



Victor Hugo (H.P.). Brilliant crimson, 

 fragrant, blooms freely. 



always white, sometimes a dirty 

 pinkish colour). These are the best known. 

 If a crimson be needed choose Excelsa. 



Rene Andre (Wichuraiana Hybrid). Saffron 

 yellow, shaded or streaked orange-red, etc. ; 



