298 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE chap. 



Homere (Eobert, 1859). — Eliminated by the editors 

 of this edition. 



Hon. Edith Gifford (Guillot, 1882).— Of good 

 stout, stiff, but not long growth, with fine foliage, 

 liable to mildew in the autumn, and requiring 

 protection from rain. A good Tea Rose in the 

 old days, a large proportion of the blooms coming 

 good, of fine shape, petal, centre, and size, on 

 straight stiff upright stems. It is thoroughly 

 reliable, one of the earliest, very free-blooming, a 

 good autumnal, and does excellently as a dwarf. 

 A " good doer," giving little trouble and ample 

 returns ; but it looks very small nowadays among 

 modern Show Roses. 



Innocente Pirola (Ducher, 1878). — Only fair in 

 growth and foliage ; requires rich soil and in many 

 places does not do well as a dwarf ; rather liable to 

 mildew, but for a white Tea Rose little injured by 

 rain. The blooms come well, and the typical shape 

 is unique, one of the most perfect we have, some- 

 thing like the whorl of a shell. Fairly free in 

 bloom, lasting, and quite full-sized, A first-class 

 Rose, fine in petal and centre, it should be a great 

 favourite with those purists (with whom I have 

 much sympathy) who insist upon regularity and 

 perfection of shape as the one thing desirable above 

 all others. 



Jean Ducher (Ducher, 1874). — Eliminated by the 

 editors of this edition. 



Josephine Malton, see Madame Bravy. 



La Boule d'Or (Margottin, 1860). — Eliminated by 

 the editors of this edition. 



Lady Boberts (F. Cant & Co., 1902) .—A highly- 

 coloured sport or form of Anna Olivier, which has 



