- FesnvAnY 22, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
No. 1678.—SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919. 
1 CONTENTS. 
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\ REVIEW OF THE YELLOW ROSES 
E wa ith the , colo 
and fragrance of Maréchal Niel, and 
as strong an y as Caroline Tes- 
ut, so that it will grow and flower well o 
о} -doors with ordinary are." 
n Rose grower nsjder ho 
we s travelled on on the road to this Withed 
goal 
That some progress e been 
cely a denied. 
made 
expect 
агёсһа] Niel itself is ae ce oe А! 
ап out-of-door plant in this country, 
in those parts of it with 
juainted. Under we 
seem 
xp climber uth w 
p belter, but ives Aber: it is i 
_ Аза тїп point it ma; 
y be convenient to 
: mde der yellow Hines in cultivation at the 
лату. Тһе old. double 
жд bac! 
Garde m ий: 
81 
given up in despair from the difficulty experi- 
enced in inducing them at all. The 
ic me 
т (1858), чн x воте improve- 
and a standard of this Rose че 
full abo is stil bright and pleasing, but t 
flowers are not large, and show little beau uty = 
f n 
our and bett 
than the type, as also was p d'Or (1872), 
another buff-yellow Rose. Tw Fok arf га 
Roses also may be mentioned as among the firs 
of the bedding Teas, Marie van ^Houtte (1871). 
emon-yellow with a pink edge to the petal, and 
Anna Olivier, a ve le buff-yellow, but some 
what deeper when grown under glass. Perle des 
a distinct advance,. th 
deep orange with small flowers freely pro- 
i 890) 
же; Gustave Ré, (1890), на en-yellow, 
tif in t bud g 
ка but the flower is thin me. Ravary, 
ich appeared i last year of the 
century (1899), many respects th 
ost satisfactory yellow Rose t ad then ap- 
т Its habit of growth is short, stocky 
and yet vigorous, t has d constitu 
tion, which makes it a satisfactory garden Rose 
The form of the flowers also shows considerable 
impro and the colour in early summer 
iius apricot- -yellow. au flowers, 
howe , become increasingly poor lour as 
pants р 
rogresses, and ‘at its best the colour 
is tit from the pure go échal 
iel. 
en-yellow of Mar 
t will be noticed that down to this re 
w Roses xcep’ 
drawn from the Noisettes and Dijon Teas. The 
first year of the new century, however, gave us 
an entirely new departure in yellow Roses. This 
was obtained by M. Pernet-Ducher, who soug! 
to he strain of the old double 
Persian he се origin of Мы is lost i 
antiquity, amo: ur garden e first 
of the new br sake "n heer d E obtained, from 
Persi ow an e Ducher the 
ae des кат ан siking- . sint j e 
rcely satisfacto the garden, 
oie a many of the characteristics of of the well- 
known Austrian Yellow and Austrian C 
E was DEUS: it aii deg to resent 
uning, and f left to itself soon became 
n and eit and the branches would not 
infrequently die back in the winter. It was 
not Men e flowering, he flowers them- 
selves of a somewhat primitive type and 
def as it 
of tittle Беан" Ж form ‹ і 
as, e promi ge of better things in 
The same dip. asa gw Sulphurea 
Loge: beddi This Rose has most 
beautiful bronzed ар, which sets off its 
T. ieee are good 
У, again in autumn, t mer flowers 
being generally less valuable The blooms a 
Y in, with of petals, and 
best e bud state. Still. i a good garden 
S arde 
Rose and a useful hose alea the individual 
flowers are not long-lived 
rend Roberts, which appeared in de 
-orange Olivier 
Tomsk Tea Rose, with good foliage. T 
r is very variable, but at 
сз в very fine, and the c of the decora- 
Its fine ога; 
tside ough, and 
емйу spilt by pat that it has prov 
appoin gardens. Passing over 
Jobeph к n as containing too much 
salmon-pink for 
rés 90 
com 
of th e most шш! t 
of the full Roses we e. It was 
hui ae 
th 
t sog 
that of the early ones. Like many yellow 
Roses, the colour seems to gradually fade out as 
season advances. ight ost 
ht here was th all have - 
ing for 7 a not of 
is so, for the colour 
Mélan & Boupert is "far from the pure 
esired. The colour is difficult 
N 
to describe, as may be seen from -R.S 
cription, “раје sunset-yellow suffused 
ethyst ! ” en one knows the flower one 
perhaps all in it, but a stranger to 
would, fancy, hardly recognise it, and 
would rather conjure in hi mething 
f the rainbow hu e find in Beauté Incon- 
stante, and to such I would г class it 
as a M w with a brighter or gown 
Dad this Rose also to M. Pern 
Tastituteur Sirdey was of the same ded (1905), 
erhaps 
nd m be described a xri 
coloured im Ар roii Le Progrés. I 
nce planted a bed o Ra Le 
nd Instituteur Sirdey, intending yearly to 
weed out and is Ae 1 
and нанар are not good enough for 
. The other is Marquise 
as 
nt; for a tim 
the plants seem short-lived, and to require fre- 
quent — or re-budding. 
Ha k (1907) was ior аза ox a dis- 
tinction т саек The flower is of 
fair form and a bright suphseselov, tal 
faces the R.H.S., which has RET it in 
a list of mildew-proof Roses) it is one of 
the Roses most susceptible to we нй in the gar- 
wth are 
Te 
distinction as a flower. 
A. dell, reddish or coppery- 
yellow, i is a nicely-formed асирин Возе, gen 
zd growth and very Md thorns on 
the stems. The colour is particularly striking in 
plants grown under glass. White Rose 
(To be conclud ed.) 
