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and bright with glorious colour, a mixture of scarlet 

 and crimson. Not strong in constitution, free 

 flowering, or good as an autumnal, and often fails 

 to come good, either in colour or shape. An exhi- 

 bitor's Eose, and never very large, it seems to like a 

 cool season, and is therefore best in the North and 

 Midlands. 



Duchesse de Morny (E. Verdier, 1863). — Of fair 

 growth and foliage in strong rich soil, the wood and 

 leaves being very distinct and characteristic. De- 

 cidedly liable to mildew, and cannot stand much 

 rain. The blooms come well shaped, with very 

 smooth stout petals, beautifully full, of distinct and 

 lovely colour, large size, and fair lasting qualities. 

 This Rose is one of the very smoothest and most 

 regular in semi-globular imbricated shape that we 

 have ; a free bloomer, but not so good in autumn, 

 and rather dainty as to soil and treatment. The 

 buds should be well thinned, for this is one of the 

 true aristocracy, where no fear of coarseness need 

 be entertained, and the variety is a great favourite 

 with me. The shoots often come wholly or partly 

 fasciated, — i.e. two or more joined together — a bad 

 habit, and such growth at pruning time should be 

 clean cut out. Ellen Brew (A. Dickson & Sons, 

 1896) is a pale sport of this Eose. 



DuTce of Edinburgh (Paul & Son, 1868) .—Of strong 

 good growth and foliage, with characteristic wood ; 

 the secondary shoots are very long and rather spindly 

 and pliable, so that the blooms are sometimes pen- 

 dant. Not very liable to mildew, or much injured 

 by rain, but in some places a victim to orange fungus. 

 It generally comes true to its shape, which is good 

 so long as it holds its point ; but the petals are not 



