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THE BOOK OF THE EOSE 



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mildew or much injured by rain, a free bloomer and 

 quite a good autumnal. The blooms come well in what 

 I call the pointed form,, and are capital in petal and 

 fulness, and grand in dark crimson colour and lasting- 

 qualities. Medium, i.e. small in size, according to the 

 X.R.S. Catalogue, which I can quite believe to be the 

 case where the growth is moderate, but well up to the 

 average with me. Will not do in hungry soil or where 

 not well treated, but high feeding and close pruning will 

 generally produce splendid blooms. Older than the 

 Duke of Edinburgh, and. in spite of general repute, 

 much the better show Rose of the two with me. This 

 is one of those varieties which close their petals in the 

 evening, thus seriously disconcerting at times exhibitors 

 who have to choose their blooms at late hours. 



Dujmy Jamain (Jamain, 1868). — Of very strong, stiff 

 stout growth and foliage, good on all stocks, with 

 vigorous clean smooth shoots, such as a Rose should 

 have. Not liable to mildew, and but little injured by 

 rain. I ought to say that all H.P.s, except perhaps 

 Paul Xeyron. Ulrich Brumier, and some others inclined 

 to coarseness, are sometimes attacked by mildew, and 

 are the better if rain does not fall on the open flower-, 

 so " not liable " must be generally taken as not 

 especially liable. The round fat smooth shoots of 

 Dupuy Jamain produce round fat smooth blooms, 

 which generally come well shaped, but the petals are 

 not so stout as they look, and the centre is weak in hot 

 weather. For exhibition it should be cut young and 

 the point tied up for travelling, as it opens only too 

 well. Of large size but a bad one to last : very free in 

 bloom and perhaps the best autumnal of its colour. 

 If I wanted a red Eose at the end of October I should 

 come here first, and if any H.P. will bloom at Christmas 



