8 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



damascena) gave rise to the Hybrid Perpetual or 

 Remontant Roses. The Hybrid Perpetual crossed 

 with the Tea Rose (R. odorata) gave rise to the Hybrid 

 Tea Roses which to-day are the dominant class of Roses. 

 Lastly, Rosa chinensis crossed with the Musk Rose 

 (R. moschata) gave rise to the Noisette Roses, a 

 beautiful class which, unfortunately, has gone out 

 of favor. 



But to return to the collectors: In 1846, Robert 

 Fortune sent from China to England the yellow-buff 

 Fortune Rose (R. odorata, var. pseudoindica), a Tea- 

 scented Rose rather similar to the var. ochroleuca and 

 widely known under the name "Beauty of Glazen- 

 wood." In 1850, he sent home from China a Rose 

 with relatively large double white flowers supposed 

 to be a cross between the Banksian and Cherokee 

 Roses and which was named Rosa Fortuneana. In 

 1886, the Wichuraiana Rose (R. Luciae) was intro- 

 duced into Brussels from Japan. In 1878, Prof. R. 

 Smith sent from Japan to a Mr. Jenner in England a 

 Rose which the recipient named The Engineer in 

 compliment to the profession of its donor. In course 

 of time this Rose came into possession of a nursery- 

 man named Gilbert who exhibited some cut flowers 

 of it under the above name in 1890, and received an 

 Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Soci- 



