just as perfectly out of doors, furthermore, it grows with a lavish- 

 ness in the open equalled only by the William R. Smith rose and 

 Gruss an Aachen. How I wish that in every garden there were at 

 least a dozen good plants of the Gruss an Aachen. When I first saw 

 this rose in the bud, while I admired the coppery gold and peach of 

 its coloring, I was not prepared for the wonderful blooms that fol- 

 lowed a rather insignificant bud. I did not believe that such a 

 flower, with its immense number of petals could have a bud so 

 small. It is most uncommon. The terminal clusters are on long 

 stems, and with more petals than any hybrid-tea rose I know, the 

 fully expanded flowers look just like Camelias. It is never out of 

 bloom if well fed, and by well fed I mean a half trowel of my rose 

 food (the formula I have already given) should be used every two 

 weeks, while there are yet buds to mature. 



Evelyn is a "sport" of Ophelia, it impressed me as a pure pink 

 rose of much substance and greater petalage than Ophelia, 

 although not in any way superior to Ophelia in beauty. 



The Mrs. Belmont Tiffany rose is supposed to rival Sunburst. 

 I saw it last Spring and again this Winter, but it is lacking in the 

 purity and clearness of tone that has made Sunburst so famous. 



The Los Angeles rose is so strikingly similar in every detail 

 to the Lyon and to Willowmere that I cannot find enough differ- 

 ence to place the Los Angeles as a complete novelty. Willowmere, 

 when well grown is quite the equal of Los Angeles and I know sev- 

 eral amateur rose growers who insist it is superior. Louise Walter 

 or Baby Tausendschoen is a precious border rose novelty. The 

 individual flowers are more of the globe form than Tausendschoen, 

 besides the color is a rare pink of fewer shades than Tausend- 

 schoen. The Louise Walter is a dwarf of great beauty as to color, 

 form and ever-blooming habit. Another novelty, newer even than 

 the Louise Walter is Gerthna Kluis. Gerthna Kluis is also a fine 

 pink in color, very dwarf, the blossoms are more compact, very 

 round and most lovely. It is also a continuous bloomer. I con- 

 sider it an ideal pink edging rose, as valuable in that class as the 

 Marie Pavie is as a white edging rose. 



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