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shaped are its strongest rivals, but they may possibly 

 all have to yield except in size of flowers to Turner's 

 Crimson Rambler, the climbing Polyantha which 

 gained the Gold Medal in 1893. 



Reynolds Hole (Paul and Son, 1872). — A seedling 

 from Duke of Edinburgh, of long strong growth when 

 in health with smooth characteristic wood, but of bad 

 constitution, for the plants are sadly apt to become 

 weak and die and are best as maidens. It is liable to 

 mildew and orange fungus, to injury from rain, and to 

 " burning " : a good average of the blooms come well 

 shaped, but the weather must be hot and dry or neither 

 colour nor form will be perfect. The flower is fully 

 filled in the centre, lasts extremely well and hardly 

 ever shows an eye ; but it opens slowly and must not 

 be cut for exhibition before it is fairly expanded, for 

 nothing in the shape of long journeys or hot weather, 

 pencils or budding knives, force or violence will make 

 it open except on the plant. It will not put up with 

 light soils or the manetti stock, but sometimes does 

 better as a standard, is late and not very free-flowering, 

 and, being so dainty, cannot be expected to become a 

 good autumnal. But a good bloom of it is truly superb, 

 in petal, shape, size, and especially in colour, worthy of 

 the name it bears of the President of the National Rose 

 Society who has done so much to render Rose growing 

 popular. 



Salamander (W. Paul and Son, 1891).— A Gold Medal 

 Rose which has hardly had sufficient trial for its manners 

 and customs to become well established. The growth 

 and foliage seem to be good, and I have had no mildew on 

 it. The blooms are bright and almost always try to come 

 of good pointed shape, and in a cool season on a good 

 soil they may possibly be excellent, but it seems to be 



