280 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



and though the advance in colour is slight it is a 

 better grower than the type. 



Killarney (A. Dickson & Sons, 1898). — Sent out, 

 I believe, by Messrs. Dickson as a garden Eose, this 

 variety has proved itself to be, except in very hot 

 weather, a show Eose of great merit. It is a good 

 grower, flowering freely in summer and autumn. 

 The blooms are very large, of quite first-class 

 pointed shape, and the colour a lovely shade of pale 

 pink. The petals are long and stout, but there are 

 not enough of them, the centre being badly filled. 

 As long as it holds its half-open shape, which with 

 ordinary precautions it will do very fairly under 

 general conditions, it is as fine a show Eose as one 

 would wish to see, the great petals standing up 

 stiffly around the centre point ; but when the point 

 goes the Eose is gone too, though as the colour is 

 lasting it is still a decorative flower. For show 

 purposes it should be liberally treated and grown as 

 a Standard. Subject to mildew. 



Konigin Carola (Turke, 1904). — This Eose has 

 been rather a long time obtaining recognition. It is 

 a seedling, with Caroline Testout as one of its 

 parents, and it much resembles that fine Eose in 

 colour and habit of growth, but is a distinctly better 

 shape, having a well-developed point. Its great 

 fault is that sooner or later the blooms reveal a 

 split. Still it is worth growing in a large col- 

 lection, but it is not recommended to the small 

 amateur. 



Lady Alice Stanley (S. McGredy & Son, 1909).— 

 A very promising new exhibition variety. The 

 growth is vigorous and the flowers large and of good 

 shape and distinct colour. 



