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June, 1914 



attractively when cut in the bud and opened 

 in a cool temperature, showing good keep- 

 ing qualities. This variety has an excel- 

 lent reputation in Great Britain, and may 

 do better next season. 



Radiance. Among the comparatively 

 recent additions to the garden Hybrid Teas 

 that have been thoroughly tested and are 

 of undoubted merit, we find a number 

 of American bred varieties. Of these, 

 perhaps Radiance is the most prominent. 

 Grown more largely as a greenhouse var- 

 iety, it soon proved an ideal rose, par- 

 ticularly for spring, summer, and fall 

 flowering. As a greenhouse rose, its color 

 is a deep cerise pink, but in the garden it 

 assumes lighter tones. In growth it is 

 exceptionally vigorous, branching out con- 

 tinually as the season advances, each 

 growth carrying a large well developed 

 flower. It is resistant to disease, and 

 about as showy in autumn as in June. 



Lady Pirrie, one of the most desirable 

 of the European roses, has proved one of 

 the best in its shade. The color, a deep, 

 reddish, coppery salmon, is still rather 

 rare among hardy roses. The flower is 

 beautifully built, not too double, and 

 always carried on erect stems. The growth 

 is vigorous and strong, even under adverse 

 conditions, and it is especially good for 

 cutting purposes. 



Jonkheer J. L. Mock. This giant pink 

 from Holland is undoubtedly one of the 

 strongest growing garden roses, and can be 

 depended upon at all seasons of the year. 

 The flowers are of immense size and heavy 

 in fragrance; the color, a deep carmine, 

 changes to a bright pink, showing a ming- 

 ling of silvery rose in the reflex of the 

 petals, quite like Farben Konigin, but an 

 improvement in every respect. 



A New American 



Defiance. Among the new roses that 

 have not yet been offered to the public, 

 there are some unusually premising kinds 

 under trial. In its place of origin, Balti- 

 more, where it has been occasionally ex- 

 hibited by its originator, Edward Kress, 

 there has been seen a rose that we under- 

 stand will be given the name Defiance. 

 This seedling is the result of a cross be- 

 tween Etoile de France and Gruss an 

 Tepiitz, and illustrates how the unexpected 

 will occur in rose breeding. I had the 

 privilege of testing Defiance last season, 

 and cannot restrain a due amount of 

 enthusiasm in its description. The flower 

 has the form and crimson shadings of the 

 Hybrid Perpetual variety Abel Carriere, 

 but has a great many more petals and is, 

 undoubtedly, one of the finest and most 

 continuous flowering of all the Hybrid 

 Teas. It is not so vigorous as its parent, 

 Gruss an Tepiitz, being of a more branching, 

 lateral character, but it never carries any 

 of the blind wood that this parent does, al- 

 though it has the same tendency to cluster 

 in blossoming. Its color, on opening, is 

 even deeper than that of its second parent, 

 Etoile de France, and this variety is 

 one of the deepest of the crimsons. 



Its fragrance carries the deep pungent 

 odor of the old Damask roses, the flower 

 holding its petals until the very end. Al- 

 together, in this wonderful rose it looks 

 as though we will have a novelty that is 

 more floriferous than either of its parents, 

 far more fragrant, and an improvement 

 in color. 



Hybrid Remontants 



In the Hybrid Remontant section, a 

 variety may be more or less old in years, 

 but still be comparatively new because of 

 the lack of attention by rose breeders and 

 planters as a whole to this class, yet we 

 find a few additions worthy of note. 



George Arends. This is a bright pink 

 seedling of Frau Karl Druschki, and is 

 quite showy and free in flowering; the 

 growth is more branching than that of 

 its parent, and perhaps a little more free. 

 It flowers well throughout the summer, 

 and although the petals are. somewhat 

 lacking in substance, the flower is quite 

 attractive and desirable. 



Heinrich Munch, another soft pink 

 seedling of Frau Karl Druschki, shows 

 up well in its first season's trial, the flower 

 being large and full and the growth vigor- 

 ous. Another season's trial might in- 

 clude it among the "worth while" roses. 



Gloire de Chedane Guinoisseau, a 

 bright vermilion red variety, is an excellent 

 garden rose. Its habit is not unlike 

 Ulrich Brunner, in fact, it is similar in 

 many respects to this variety, but the 

 flower is of sturdier build and seems to do 

 better during mid-season. 



Baby Ramblers 



The Dwarf Polyantha, or Baby Ram- 

 bler type, has improved immensely within 

 the last few years, and there are now 

 wonderfully effective bedding varieties 

 among the later introductions. Improve- 

 ment seems to tend toward greater vigor 

 and better characteristics of the growth, 

 more texture in the flowers, and additional 

 colors, so that the Baby Rambler of to-day 

 has a far greater sphere of usefulness, 

 either in the garden or for pot forcing 

 under glass. 



Erna Teschendorf, a sport from the 

 original Baby Rambler, is entirely dis- 

 tinct from its parent, inasmuch as the 

 flower is more double and of greater sub- 

 stance. The color, a bright carmine, is 

 several shades deeper and equally bright 

 whether grown under glass or outside. 

 This is one of the most desirable varieties 

 in the whole section. 



Bordure, as a dwarf bedding rose, is 

 a distinct acquisition. The growth is 

 of a low, spready nature, well adapted to 

 underplanting, and appears to be smothered 

 with bright carmine flowers continually. 

 A feature of this variety is its ability to 

 resist the sun without fading — a very 

 essential quality in the garden rose. 



Triomphe Orleanais is another greatly 

 improved Baby Rambler. Compared with 

 its parent, the flowers are perhaps a trifle 



larger and better in color — deep cherry 

 red — and are produced in larger corymbs. 

 The growth is more dense, yet perfect 

 and the foliage more glossy and healthy 

 in appearance. This is, indeed, a variety 

 of the greatest merit. 



Mrs. Louise Welter or Baby Tausend- 

 schon, is not altogether a new rose, but 

 has too many fine qualities to be omitted. 

 As its name suggests, it is a miniature 

 Tausendschon with perhaps a touch of. 

 brighter pink in the upper part of the 

 petals. The tendency to vary in coloring 

 is also less pronounced than in Tausend- 

 schon. It flowers quite freely, the trusses 

 branching more than the majority of this 

 type, rendering it entirely distinct when 

 planted among other Baby Ramblers. 



Baby Elegance, the new single variety, 

 is a distinct novelty and something alto- 

 gether different. The dainty little salmon 

 flowers appear in the greatest profusion, 

 opening quickly into beautiful clusters. This 

 rose is, in every respect, a miniature of the 

 beautiful Irish Elegance which would sug- 

 gest it as a charming acquisition for decora- 

 tive purposes. The blossoms, like all single 

 roses, are apt to fade quickly and would 

 require removing at frequent intervals. The 

 flowers are produced so freely that there 

 are always numberless buds ready to open, 

 and at this stage the variety is at its best. 

 Growing in the greenhouse this last winter, 

 it has been a marvel of continuity of 

 bloom. 



Ellen Poulsen is one of the best pink 

 varieties in this section. The flower is 

 large and full for its type, and very frag- 

 rant. It is several shades deeper than 

 others of its color, being a dark, brilliant 

 shade of pink. This will prove a most 

 useful variety, as it can be forced easily. 

 Being of excellent substance, it will be as 

 useful for cutting as for garden decora- 

 tion. 



Madam Jules Gouchalt, is the most 

 superb addition to this section, however. It 

 is a vivid vermilion red with a slight shading 

 of orange. The flowers are produced on 

 rigid, erect growths, terminating in pan- 

 icles of thirty to fifty individual blos- 

 soms, and are produced continuously. 

 It is, undoubtedly, the finest Baby Ram- 

 bler for either pot culture or for bedding 

 purposes. 



Meadow Sweet, a semi-double salmon 

 pink variety, is another most dainty 

 addition to this section, in a much desired 

 color. Its bright orange colored anthers 

 stand out prominently and add • much 

 charm to the miniature blossoms. The 

 individual flowers of this variety bring to 

 mind a diminutive edition of the opening 

 flower as found in that lovely variety, 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward. 



Note: — In addition to the foregoing a critique 

 on the Pernetiana varieties will be found on 

 page J02. These notes are written for The Garden 

 Magazine by a well known rosarian who has en- 

 joyed unusual opportunities for observation and 

 comparison and in whose judgment we place full 

 confidence. He prefers that his name be not given 

 to the public. 



