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velvet-like texture and most striking in effect. Like 

 the exquisite Liberty roses, they are much relied on 

 for the general planting of garden beds, although they 

 are also extensively grown in conservatories. 



Gruss an Teplitz seems to combine many pleasing 

 and advantageous traits. It is nearly always in blos- 

 som and grows often four feet high, being remarkably 

 hardy. The color of the flowers is bright crimson, 

 spread with a sheen of darker tone. They have, more- 

 over, a fragrance rarely excelled even among the 

 varied forms of the queen of flowers. 



With the planting of these few red hybrid teas, 

 their consideration should not cease, for there are 

 many others worthy of place and mention, were time 

 and space not things of cruel reality. 



Belle Siebrecht is a hybrid tea of such rich and 

 brilliant pink and general beauty of bud and flower 

 that there are few roses capable of giving more pleasure. 

 It is not so generally planted as the La France, nor so 

 much beloved as the Killarney. Nevertheless, it is 

 worthy of both fame and love. 



But among pink hybrid tea roses, the affection 

 turns unconsciously to the Killarney, the rose touched 

 with the wild, sweet charm of the romantic scene of 

 its birth. It grows in a winsome, upright way, the 

 young foliage gleaming with bronze and red. In the 

 bud the Killarney forecasts its wonderful charm, as it 

 is then long and pointed and of a vivifying sea-shell 

 pink. As it unfolds, its beauty increases, becoming 

 so persuasive as to make many believe it the rose of 

 the world. 



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