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distinct and exquisite — the most pleasing, to my 

 sense, of any Bose. It is emphatically everybody's 

 Eose, on all soils and stocks, standard or bush. 

 None of the seedlings or sports of this famous Eose 

 have been so good as the original — a climbing sport 

 (Henderson, 1894) is good for a wall — Duchess of 

 Albany (W. Paul & Son, 1888) is a little darker in 

 colour — Augustine Guinoisseau has been mentioned, 

 and Danmark (W. Paul & Son, 1900) is not so good 

 in growth and very apt to ball. 



Liberty (A. Dickson & Sons, 1900). — This is a 

 variety which, in America at least, has " supplied a 

 want." It has there, I believe, taken the un- 

 disputed first place as the crimson Eose for forcing, 

 since the flowers show themselves well on stiff 

 upright stems, are gloriously coloured with brilliant 

 crimson, very well shaped, and last well when cut. 

 It is not often large enough for exhibition and is 

 not very strong in growth, but it seems likely to 

 supersede General Jacqueminot and kindred varieties 

 as a red Eose for forcing. Eichmond is similar in 

 colour and more reliable out of doors, its flowers, 

 especially the early ones, being of larger size. 



Lohengrin (Schmidt, 1903). — Purely an exhibitor's 

 Eose of very fine shape, but fleeting colour, a 

 medium grower, the flowers nearly always come 

 good, but it is not recommended to the small 

 grower. 



Lyon Bose (Pernet-Ducher, 1907). — A continental 

 Eose that came over with a great reputation and 

 which has been quite borne out by what has been 

 seen over here these last two seasons, it may indeed 

 be styled the sensational Eose of 1909, and so great 

 was the demand for it that the majority of trade 



