248 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



very stout or the centre very full, and it is not a 

 good laster. Of full size and most brilliant colour, 

 vermilion, crimson. In strong specimens the crim- 

 son predominates when the bud shape is passed, 

 but the self vermilion, v^hich is generally found 

 only on the weaker blooms, is perhaps the most 

 effective. Not lasting in colour or shape, but of 

 large size, a fair autumnal, good on all stocks. This 

 was for years the brightest of all red Eoses, but has 

 been surpassed in this respect by later introductions. 

 Of good constitution, but apt to run to wood instead 

 of to bloom, especially in autumn, and on the 

 manetti ; it should therefore be lightly pruned, the 

 shoots being left of some length. 



Duhe of Teck (Paul & Son, 1880).— Very like the 

 last named in most particulars. Others of the same 

 class and apparently of the same family, all coming 

 from Cheshunt, are Reynolds Hole and Sultan of 

 Zanzibar, but these last two are very delicate in 

 constitution, while the Dukes of Edinburgh and 

 Teck are strong and hearty. Duke of Teck is not 

 so dark in crimson and not so brilliant in vermilion 

 as the earlier type, but, like it, should be left long in 

 pruning. Best on old plants. 



Duke of Wellington (Granger, 1864). — Syn. Eosier- 

 iste Jacobs. This is marked in the N.E.S. and 

 some other catalogues as moderate, i.e. weakly in 

 growth, but it is quite fair in vigour and foliage 

 with me, and does well as a standard in many 

 places. Of strong constitution, my oldest dwarf 

 plants on briar cutting being still my best and 

 stoutest. Not very liable to mildew or much injured 

 by rain, a free bloomer and quite a good autumnal. 



