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Nevertheless, this is a rose I would not be without. 

 It is fragrant. 



Countess of Derby. — A good rose for the garden, 

 fairly vigorous and bearing weU-formed blooms of pale 

 salmon and rose colour. 



Countess of Gosford. — ^A dainty rose, salmon-pink with 

 yellow shading, not a very strong grower. 



Countess of Shaftesbury. — One of the best of recent 

 novelties. Colour, bright silvery -carmine, mottled with 

 shell-pink. Growth vigorous. 



Dean Hole. — A variety producing blooms of excellent 

 form, long and pointed, though the colour is rather 

 unattractive — silvery rose and salmon. It grows well 

 as a standard. 



Duchess of Wellington. — ^A splendid new variety with 

 saffron-yeUow blooms, stained with crimson. The flowers 

 are not very full, but they are most deliciously scented. 

 The fragrance is Uke that of ripe apricots. Growth is 

 moderately vigorous. 



Earl of Warwick. — ^A good garden rose. The blooms, 

 which are deep salmon-pink, are freely produced by a 

 fairly strong-growing plant. Makes an excellent standard. 



Ecarlate. — Perhaps the most brilliant bedding rose we 

 have. The flowers are of imperfect form, but the bright 

 scarlet colour and excellent bushy habit make it an 

 invaluable garden rose. 



Edu Meyer. — Those who like intense and uncommon 

 colouring in roses, while not caring so much for fine 

 form, should grow Edu Meyer, The flowers are thin 

 and soon become full blown. The colour is a mingling 



