HYBRID TEAS 49 



Viscountess Folkestone. — An old favourite, still worth 

 growing. The blooms are large, though not of good form, 

 and the colour is cream-pink. It grows vigorously. 



Warrior. — ^A useful rose for massing. The buds are 

 intense red, the open flowers much paler. Growth i? 

 moderately strong. The flowers are rather small. 



Climbing Hybrid Tea Roses 



Ards Pillar. — ^A showy rose, with large full flowers 

 of velvety-crimson colour. 



Ards Rambler. — A handsome and fragrant rose, with 

 large carmine-rose blooms. 



Avoca. — ^This, though commonly grown in bush form, 

 is very vigorous. The blooms are of fine form and intense 

 bright crimson colour, though few or none are produced 

 after July. 



Bardou Job. — ^The blooms are large, semi-double, and 

 intense crimson with darker shading. The plant is best 

 as a pillar-rose. 



Cheshunt Hybrid. — An old and valuable rose, with 

 carmine-red, fragrant flowers, freely produced. This was 

 :the first of the Hybrid Teas, and is still popular. The 

 flowers are not of very good form. 



Climbing Captain Christy. — ^The blooms are of pale 

 flesh-pink colouring, similar to those of the old dwarf 

 rose Captain Christy, from which the climbing variety 

 is a " sport." 



Climbing Caroline Testout. — A climbing " sport " 

 from the favourite bush variety. The blooms are 

 similar. 



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