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is not new, I am afraid it is rather unknown, ' 

 although one of the be^ of the late and early 

 blooming varieties. Personally I consider it a great f 

 rose for the amateur rosarian because it has the 

 sweete^ perfume, because of its vigor, its peachy jf 

 coloring, all shaded with carmine, its exquisite !| 

 buds, its great, full, beautifully formed flowers 

 || and its clean, good foliage. All Summer long you 

 will find Earl of Warwick roses to cut and in the 

 Autumn you may be certain of a mo^t generous 

 produ(ftion. It is one of the lea^ expensive of the 

 hybrid- teas, but that surely does n't detracft from 

 its worth, does it? 

 I f I have been asked to say what I think of the 

 tea-rose Mrs. Herbert Stevens but I would rather 

 not, as I found it a " feeble " type, very pretty 

 I know, with its very long bud and pale amber 

 center, but the petals are thin and too few of them, 

 and a day after cutting it is a collapsed flower on 

 the tip of a thin stem. Perhaps those I saw were 

 unworthy examples. I hope so. 



^ Of course you have seen the climbing form of 

 Ophelia, but have you seen it trained as a pillar 



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