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Gardening for Amateurs 



La Tosco,. Salmon pink, flushed rose, large, thin 

 and loose, the buds come in clusters ; a good and 

 free blooming garden Rose. 



Lady Alice Stanley. Outside of petals coral rose, 

 inside pale flesh, good buds, well shaped blossoms, 

 scented ; a really good Rose. 



Lady Ashiown. A fine pink variety, generally 

 described as pale Rose du Barri, a long and shapely 

 flower; the plants are free blooming but very 

 subject to mildew, a great drawback. 



Lady Battersea. Almost cherry coloured, one of 

 the earliest ; the buds are very long, and make 

 splendid button-holes ; the blossoms are thin ; 

 free flowering. 



Lady Pirrie. Copper salmon, inside of petals 

 apricot yellow ; a lovely Rose of striking colour ; 

 the plant grows vigorously, and produces blossom 

 in abundance. 



Laurent Carle. Carmine (not very bright), large 

 flower, good in form and fragrant ; vigorous 

 growth. 



Le Progres. Bright yellow ; one of the best Roses 

 of yellow shade ; the plant is of moderate growth 

 only, but flowers freely. 



Leslie Holland. Crimson, a fine colour, sweetly 

 scented ; good as an exhibition Rose ; its fitness 

 for the garden is doubtful. 



Liberty. Crimson, well formed, but not large, 

 fragrant, good in the bud, not a strong grower ; 

 as a favourite has long shared the honours with 

 Richmond and General McArthur. 



Lieutenant Chaure. Crimson, a newer Rose than 

 Liberty, and likely to become as great a favourite 

 in the garden at least ; it is scented, and is a par- 

 ticularly good bedding Rose. 



Madame Abel Chatenay. Carmine rose shaded 

 salmon, fragrant ; a splendid variety, so popular 

 that it only needs to be mentioned. 



Madame Jules Grolez. Bright rose, fragrant, 

 does not succeed so well in heavy as in light 

 soil. 



Madame Leon Pain. Silvery salmon, with fawn 

 centre ; a beautiful Rose, easily grown ; an ex- 

 cellent bedder. 



Madame Maurice de Luze. Deep rose pink, 

 centre carmine : a large blossom and fragrant. 



Madame Melanie Soupert. Pale yellow, tinted 

 carmine, large and shapely ; a very lovely Rose, 

 but often a somewhat " shy " bloomer. 



Madame Ravary. A beautiful shade of yellow, 

 but hardly " golden " as so often described ; one 

 of the best garden Roses, does well even in a 

 damp, cold neighbourhood. 



Margaret. Clear delicate pink, long buds of good 

 shape, the bloom having a high pointed centre ; 

 an extremely good garden Rose which flowers 

 continuously. 



Marquise de Sinety. Yellow shaded coppery red, 

 a really beautiful flower, and a great favourite 

 already, although one of the newer Roses ; it can 

 hardly be described as strong in growth. 



Mary, Countess of Ilchester. Crimson carmine, 

 with very large petals, a striking flower ; the plant 

 grows freely. 



Melody. Saffron yellow, primrose border; 



vigorous, free, and fragrant, a good Rose ; some- 

 what like a Tea in growth. 



Mons. Paul Lede,. Apricot shaded rose, a lovely 

 flower ; the plant blooms early and late, but is 

 only a poor grower ; fragrant, a garden Rose. 



Mrs. A. R. Wadddl. Rosy scarlet bud, reddish 

 salmon flower, reverse of petals rosy scarlet, 

 semi-double ; a beautiful Rose, but without lasting 

 qualities ; the plant is only moderate in growth, 

 but blossoms freely ; the colour is better under 



Mrs. Alfred Tote. Light coppery red, shaded 

 fawn, long, well-shaped bud of few petals ; sweetly 

 scented, flowers freely, one of the best of the 

 modern Roses. 



Mrs. Amy Hammond. Ivory and amber, splendid 

 shape, a lovely Rose, sweetly scented ; must become 

 a great favourite as time goes on. 



Mrs. Arthur E. Coxhead. Claret red, blossom 

 pointed, long and full, retaining its form for a long 

 period, sweet scented ; a good grower, and flowers 

 in profusion. 



Mrs. Cornwallis West. Shell pink shading to 

 white, a beautiful Rose of vigorous growth ; ex- 

 ceptionally fine for exhibition. 



Mrs. David Jardine. Bright rosy pink to salmon 

 pink, large, good in form, and sweatly perfumed ; 

 of moderate growth. 



Mrs. David McKee. Cream or pale yellow, a 

 good blossom, could hardly be beaten ; the plant is 

 generally described as vigorous in growth, but I 

 think moderate would be nearer the truth. 



Mrs. E. G. Hill. Coral red, inside white, slightly 

 fragrant, free flowering. 



Mrs. Peter Blair. Lemon, with yellow centre, 

 moderate size but lovely shape, very sweetly per- 

 fumed. 



Mrs. W. J. Grant. Imperial pink, flower of 

 beautiful form and sweetly scented, but in the 

 dwarf form a bad " doer " ; the so-called climbing 

 form is much better even for bedding purposes, as 

 it can easily be kept in hand. 



Mrs. Walter Easlea. Crimson carmine; large, 

 full, imbricated; fragrant. 



Natalie Bottner. Creamy yellow, both bud and 

 flower full and graceful in shape, sometimes called 

 the " Yellow Druschki " ; I think very highly of 

 this Rose. 



Otto von Bismarck. Satin rose, large, sweet, and 

 continuously flowering. 



Pharisaer. Rosy white, centre deepening to 

 salmon rose, long in the bud, good in shape, and 

 free flowering ; not so good in a cold, wet district. 



Prince de Bulgarie. Silvery flesh shaded salmon, 

 deeper centre ; a beautiful Rose, and a great 

 favourite ; vigorous and very satisfactory. 



Richmond. Red, fragrant, flowers freely; does 

 well under glass. 



Sarah Bernhardt. Scarlet crimson with dark 

 shades like Victor Hugo ; a most striking colour ; 

 the blossom, though large, is barely semi-double ; 

 best grown as a pillar or dwarf climber. 



Souvenir de Gustave Prat. Sulphur yellow, good 

 in bud, flowers freely ; good as a button-hole. 



Sunburst. Yellow, inclined to lose colour quickly ; 



