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results though we hear of great things. So far Lyon 

 Eose is the first of what will be a new race mostly 

 of good yellows. 



Madame Bavary (Pernet-Ducher, 1891). — Elimi- 

 nated by the editors of this edition. 



Mamie (A. Dickson & Sons, 1901). — Of strong 

 healthy growth with good foliage. The buds are 

 large and open slowly into very full flowers having 

 fine petals and globular shape with high centre. A 

 fine Eose for exhibition, and most reliable, as it is 

 the best variety to " stand " — i.e. keep its shape 

 and colour — in a cut state I know, outside the pure 

 Tea class. It is the only Eose, other than pure Tea, 

 of which I have successfully shown the same bloom 

 at two exhibitions. 



Marquise Litta (Fernet & Ducher, 1893). — This 

 very soon became a well-known and popular variety. 

 It is of stout, stiff, thorny growth, with foliage and 

 general appearance of a H.P. character ; and the 

 flowers are very distinct, there being something 

 characteristic in the arrangement of the inner petals 

 which is often very regular and pleasing. They are 

 large, very bright and fairly lasting. Free-flower- 

 ing, and a good autumnal even in hot climates, it is 

 a Eose to be recommended for its fine colour and 

 shape. 



Mildred Grant (A. Dickson & Sons, 1901).— This 

 is, no doubt, at its best one of the finest of all Show 

 Eoses, no well-shaped bloom of the true pointed 

 refined form equalling it in size or in length and 

 stoutness of petal. The habit is robust, the wood 

 short and stout, and the leaf petioles very long. 

 Bach shoot produces a flower, and strong plants will 

 bloom well again in the autumn. These great 



