one of the truly delightful roses, in bud, in flower, in foliage and 

 in form. Yet do we see Lady Pirrie in every rose garden? No 

 indeed. 



When I visited the Elizabeth Test Gardens in Hartford, Con- 

 necticut, last season I saw no Lady Pirries there. Robin Hood was 

 gone, so was G. Nabounaud that I had found the year before so 

 splendid in October and so free from blight. I could not find one 

 perfect bloom in all that garden, and I did not see a single bush 

 free from blight. I was terribly disappointed. Augustus Hart- 

 mann, Edward Mawley, Admiral Ward, all three gorgeous reds, 

 were practically free from mildew in my own red rose garden, and 

 so was Ophelia. 



But I must tell you of those in the fourth bed. They were 

 Mrs. Wemyss Quinn, a rose of great beauty, saffron, gold, copper 

 and crimson — all hese tones, besides being immune from mildew. 

 It grows to a rounded lovely foliaged bushy form, and while there 

 were fewer buds and blooms in this bed than the other three, there 

 were many for cutting and many maturing buds. Mrs. Wemyss 

 Quinn is a most distinguished rose. 



I will describe the long narrow beds between the four oval 

 ones, longer than the ovals, with three rows of plants in each. Two 

 of the beds were all red, but only four varieties, and two were of 

 Mme. Segond Weber, Mme. Charles Lutaud, Mme. Melanie Sou- 

 pert, Mrs. Arthur Munt, Mrs. Mackellar, Antoine Rivoire, Old 

 Gold, Sunburst, Carine and Mme. Abel Chatenay. 



Those of us who are familiar with the merits and demerits of 

 most roses will recognize the fine discrimination shown in these 

 selections. The four varieties in the red beds were Admiral Ward, 

 Augustus Hartman, Edward Mawley and Avoca. The last is a 

 remarkable rose in that it is sweetly perfumed, has long, graceful 

 buds, and blooms early and late, particularly late, for Avoca is at 

 its best in the Autumn, just as Jonkheer L. Mock is at his best from 

 early in September until late October. All these plants had re- 

 ceived the routine spraying and care. No liquid manure had been 

 given them, not a drop, but soot water and a top dressing of pul- 



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