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THE BOOK OF THE ROSE 



CHAP. 



the buds were small and only passable as button- 

 holes. 



Dr. Grill (Bonnaire, 1886). — Rather moderate in 

 growth, a button-hole Rose only valuable in the bud, 

 small, but free-flowering and distinct and attractive in 

 colour. 



Elise Fugicr (Bonnaire, 1891). — Of moderate growth, 

 highly spoken of at first, but at present not sustaining 

 its reputation. Of nice pointed form, but not likely 

 to prove first-class. 



Ernest Metz (Guillot, 1888).— Of good growth, stout 

 and stiff, with fine foliage, best as a standard. The 

 blooms do not come well, a large proportion of the 

 finest being often divided and opening badly, and they 

 must be sheltered from rain, but it is a very fine large 

 Rose when there is no malformation, with strong stout 

 petals, good centre, and fair lasting qualities. The stiff 

 growth and large leaves show the flowers off well, and 

 the plant is fairly hardy, but not very free in flowering. 

 It should be left rather long in pruning, and not too 

 severely thinned, as the strongest shoots seldom give 

 perfect flowers. 



Ethel Brownlow (A. Dickson & Son, 1887).— Not a 

 very strong grower, but in this and other respects it 

 seems to have decidedly improved, for it was by no 

 means a general success with amateurs for the first 

 three or four years. Now it is fast rising in reputation, 

 and it was plain, when first shown, that it was the best 

 example of the imbricated form among Teas, if not 

 among all Roses. The blooms come generally regular, 

 and the well-formed point in the centre of good perfectly 

 imbricated petals, which is the typical form but unfortu- 

 nately seldom attained by the full-sized flowers, makes 

 it a great favourite with those to whom shape is the first 



