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THE BOOK OF THE ROSE 



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formerly very popular English Rose, raised near Ipswich. 

 A very strong grower, very hardy, with good constitution 

 and foliage, liable to mildew, but not minding a little 

 rain. The blooms come early in the season, and are 

 fairly regular, but the shape is open and not of the first 

 class. The colour is beautifully fresh at first, of a 

 different shade on the under side of the petals, but is 

 even more fleeting than the form. Of fair size, a free 

 bloomer and a good autumnal. A capital garden Rose, 

 doing well on all stocks, or even on its own roots as a 

 cutting, and on poorish soil. 



John Stuart Mill (Turner, 1875).— Of strong long 

 growth, not liable to injury from mildew or rain. A 

 late bloomer, uncertain as to quality and usefulness. 

 In some seasons all the flowers come as mere red lumps, 

 but in others the majority come of fine imbricated shape 

 and colour, and it is then a good show Rose, of average 

 size and fair lasting qualities, but it is not a free bloomer 

 or a good autumnal. In my experience it comes best 

 in a cool season, but some other growers find it more 

 generally reliable. 



Jules Margottin (Margottin, 1853). — Of very strong, 

 thorny, hardy growth, with good foliage and strong con- 

 stitution. A very free bloomer and good autumnal, 

 but a poorly shaped rough bloom from a florist's point 

 of view. Early, sweet-scented, and not particular as to 

 stock, soil or treatment. A useful old-fashioned garden 

 Rose, hardy, capable of being grown on its own roots, 

 and suitable for cottage gardens or odd corners. The 

 seed parent of Edouard Morren, another very strong 

 grower, with huge globular flowers, generally rough and 

 unsymmetrical. 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria (Lambert and Reiter, 

 1891). — A new Hybrid Tea of fine form and very 



