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Gardening for Amateurs 



Lady Roberts. Rich apricot, base light coppery 

 red, edges of petals shaded orange, buds long; 

 a very lovely Rose. 



Lena. Rich apricot, edges of petals pale as the 

 flower ages ; blooms freely. 



Madame Antoine Mari. Rosy pink, centre 

 creamy white, a beautiful flower; easy to grow, 

 and free blooming. 



Madame Hoste. Pale lemon yellow, centre 

 deeper, fairly large and full for a Tea Rose ; blooms 

 as abundantly and continuously as any Rose grown. 



Madame Jean Diipuy. Vigorous and hardy, 

 yellow with rose edges to petals. 



Madame Jules Gravereaux. Yellow, centre peach, 

 long pointed bud ; better suited to exhibition than 

 garden. 



Marie van Houtte. Canary yellow, sometimes 

 almost white with a rose edge, very charming 

 flower ; blooms profusely in a warm garden. 



Melody. Canary yellow, changing to primrose 

 at edges of petals ; moderate in size, but shapely 

 and free. 



Molly Sharman Crawford. Delicate white, gener- 

 ally described as Eau de Nil white, turns to pure 

 white as it ages, fine handsome blossoms freely 

 produced ; growth moderate ; flowers droop. 



Miss Alice de Rothschild. Rich citron yellow, 

 large, full and shapely ; often considered to be the 

 finest yellow Rose grown. 



Mrs. Foley Hobbs. Ivory white, edged pink ; 

 as beautiful in shape as any Rose grown, fine as 

 an exhibition Rose. 



Mrs. Herbert Stevens. White shaded fawn or 

 peach in the centre ; the bud and the bloom are 

 both long, pointed, and elegant in shape, and the 

 petals are large and thick. Its habit of growth is 

 not perfect, nor is the plant immune from mildew, 

 but it is a lovely Rose and hardy. 



Niphetos. Climbing, white, but sometimes lemon 

 white, long, pointed and shapely in bud and in 

 flower; blooms freely, an old Rose, but a good 

 one; best grown under glass. 



Peace. Creamy white, produces flowers with 

 the greatest freedom ; a good Rose for the garden. 



Recuerdo de Antonio Peluffo. Light transparent 

 yellow, edges of petals light pink ; free blooming ; 

 good for exhibition, but only of moderate vigour. 



Safrano. Apricot colour, fine foliage, hardy and 

 free ; this is the Rose which is sold in such quantities 

 in the streets in winter and early spring. 



Souvenir de S. A. Prince. Pure white, a " sport " 

 from Souvenir d'un Ami, useful and good. 



Sulphurea. Sulphur yellow, hence the name; 

 a good bedding Tea. 



White Maman Cochet. Creamy white, long 

 pointed buds ; but the habit of growth is not good, 

 and the plant suffers from mildew. 



W. R. Smith. Cream white, shaded or flushed 

 with pink; an American Rose of great size and 

 substance ; really good. 



EIGHTY RELIABLE HYBRID TEAS 



This is now a large and popular class ; 

 the undermentioned varieties are all good, 



beautiful and reliable. In cases where the 

 plants have faults, but must be included, 

 these are mentioned. 



Alice Lindsell. Creamy white, with pink centre, 

 a beautifully formed flower, better perhaps for ex- 

 hibition than for the garden ; is not suited to cold, 

 damp districts. 



Amateur Teyssier. Yellow, soon turning to 

 white ; the blossom is elegant in shape, but has 

 a tendency to hang, and the plant is not a good 

 grower. 



Antoine Rivoire.Rosy flesh, yellow base, a fine 

 Rose. 



Avoca. Crimson scarlet, the colour is splendid, 

 and the shape perfect, but the plant blooms little 

 after July ; makes a good pillar Rose. 



Betty. Light copper rose, shaded yellow, the buds 

 are very long, pointed and shapely ; the plant 

 grows freely and blooms continuously. 



British Queen. A remarkable white Rose, of fine 

 form, as shown ; but its behaviour in gardens has 

 not yet been ascertained with certainty, as it is 

 still new ; it is fragrant. 



Carine. Orange carmine to creamy buff and 

 salmon, colour variable, but always beautiful and 

 attractive ; fragrant. 



Caroline Testout. Satin rose ; an old Rose, but 

 a good one, probably the best known and most 

 generally grown of all the H.T.'s owing to its free- 

 dom of flowering. 



Chateau de Clos Vougeot. Velvety scarlet, passing 

 to dark crimson ; the blooms are fragrant, though 

 not of good form ; not vigorous, though worth 

 growing for its colour. 



Colonel Leclerc. Cherry red " washed with 

 carmine lake," large, globular, fairly full ; a good 

 Rose. 



Countess of Gosford. Soft salmon pink and rose 

 with yellow base to petals, long and pointed, but 

 the foot stalks are rather thin and weak ; at its 

 best a most beautiful Rose ; blossoms freely. 



Countess of Shaftesbury. Bright silvery car- 

 mine, " mottled and flushed pale shell pink at 

 the edges of the petals," large blooms of good 

 shape; the plant is only of moderately strong 

 growth. 



Dean Hole. Silvery carmine, shaded salmon, 

 large, long, shapely bud, but opens badly in wet 

 weather and cold districts. 



Dr. O'Donel Browne. Carmine rose, sweetly 

 scented, a strong growing plant ; the colour is not 

 always satisfactory. 



Dorothy Page Roberts. Coppery pink, suffused 

 apricot yellow ; the flower is large, but somewhat 

 loose and thin. 



Duchess of Wellington. Intense saffron yellow, 

 large petals, delicious fragrance, long, well-shaped 

 buds, altogether a most beautiful Rose, but opens 

 badly in wet, cold weather; growth moderately 

 strong. 



Duchess of Westminster. Clear rose, large, full 

 and free, and sweetly perfumed ; an erect and 

 vigorous plant. 



Earl of Gosford. Dark crimson shaded black, 



