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the sons of the late well-known professional Bose- 

 grower at Colchester, 'and named after him, this 

 Rose, a seedling from Victor Hugo, has been grandly 

 shown by them, and gained the N.B.S. Gold Medal 

 in 1901. It is of fine, clean, strong growth with 

 grand foliage, and seems to be a splendid crimson 

 Rose for exhibition when grown on good H.P. soil, 

 but many amateurs have not been successful with it. 

 As I have always associated the name with the very 

 finest of Roses, it has been a great disappointment 

 to me, but I still hope we shall do better with it, 

 when it has become more established. This Rose 

 should only be included in the largest collections as 

 only occasionally will it give a show bloom. 



Boule de Neige (Lacharme, 1867). — Eliminated by 

 the editors of this edition. 



Gamille Bernardin (Gautreau, 1865). — Eliminated 

 by the editors of this edition. 



Captain Hayward (Bennett, 1893). — This was a 

 seedling Rose that Mr. Bennett, the raiser of Her 

 Majesty and Mrs. John Laing, &c., left behind him 

 unflowered when he died. At its very best, grown 

 as strongly as possible, in a cool season, it is with 

 its pointed form and beautiful long smooth petals of 

 scarlet-crimson as magnificent an example of the 

 bright red H.P.s as we have at present. It is of 

 extra vigorous growth with very fine foliage, but the 

 petals are rather thin and few in number, and it 

 opens very quickly. It requires the most " liberal 

 treatment " (a phrase which implies good soil, plenty 

 of manure), close pruning, vigorous thinning, and 

 that it is best as a maiden — in short, as much sap as 

 possible put into the bud from the beginning) , and 

 early tying of the bloom for exhibition : but it is im- 



