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attempt to show it in a hot one. The petals are 

 very large, few Koses have longer petals, but tied, 

 and cut young, it is a beautiful flower useful for its 

 colour, a coppery-yellow, tinted rose. Awarded 

 Gold Medal N.E.S. 



Captain Christy (Lacharme, 1873). — Eliminated 

 by the editors of this edition. 



Caroline Testout (Pernet-Ducher, 1890). — An ex- 

 cellent Eose, justly popular everywhere. It is of 

 fair foliage and thorny growth, and flowers are large 

 and seldom malformed, though the shape is not of 

 the most refined type. The colour is a good decided 

 self-pink, and lasts well. A very free bloomer, quite 

 hardy, and not dainty in its requirements ; it is one 

 of the most reliable of all Eoses and should be in 

 every collection, however small ; is equally good for 

 exhibition or general garden purposes, and it is one 

 of the parents of very many of our new Hybrid 

 Teas. Admiral Deioey is a light-coloured sport of 

 this Eose from America. 



Charles J. Grahame (A. Dickson & Sons, Ltd., 

 1905). — A cool summer Eose only, but at its best 

 there are few Eoses brighter in colour. The flowers 

 are excellent in shape, fragrant, but the number of 

 petals is small. A good grower apt to make one tall 

 shoot, that must not be stopped as it will only shoot 

 away again from the first eye. 



Countess of Caledon (A. Dickson & Sons, 1897). — 

 Of good growth and foliage, rather of the H.P. char- 

 acter, and a fine Eose, hardly as much appreciated, 

 I think, as it deserves. The stems are stiff and 

 the flowers show themselves well ; they are sweet- 

 scented, of good semiglobular shape, and a fine rich 



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