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Canadian Horticulturist. 



Vol. XV. 



1892. 



No. I. 



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THE ANNE DE DIESBACH ROSE. 



MONO that valuable class of hardy roses for the climate of 

 Ontario, the hybrid perpetuals, there is one which has given 

 special satisfaction to the writer for two seasons past, and that 

 is the Anne de Diesbach, shown in our colored plate for the 

 jiresent month. \Ye have about two dozen roses in our rose 

 walk, all varieties of great value, but for delicate tints of color, 

 grace of form, and large size, all combined in one rose, none surpasses this one. 

 Some specimens cut last summer measured five inches in diameter, almost 

 equalling in size its gigantic neighbor, Paul Neyron. This latter is rose colored, 

 and is closely related to our favorite, being a cross between Anne de Diesbach 

 and Victor Verdier, produced in 1869. It is a very desirable rose on account 

 of its great size, l)ut not as graceful, nor of so lovely a shade of color. 



The Anne de Diesbach was raised by Lacharme, in 1858, a noted rosarian. 

 who has the credit of sending out fewer poor varieties than any other large 

 grower. Among a large list of varieties produced by him we may mention 

 Victor Verdier, Alfred Colomb, Coquette des Alps, and Chas. Lefebvre, varieties 

 of marked individuality. 



The plant is hardy and grows freely. The flowers are not produced in 

 abundance, and, when they do appear, they are half concealed by a wealth of 

 foliage, but this is just the condition most favorable to show them off to the best 

 advantage. They are fragrant, and of a most lovely shade of carmine. We con- 

 sider this rose one worthy of a place in the amateur's garden, even if his collec- 

 tion be one quite limited in number. 



