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and foliage ; requires rich soil and in many places does 

 not do well as a dwarf ; rather liable to mildew, 

 but for a white Tea Rose little injured by rain. The 

 blooms come well, and the typical shape is unique, one 

 of the most perfect we have, something like the whorl 

 of a shell. Fairly free in bloom, and lasting, but not 

 often very large till overblown. A first-class Rose, fine 

 in petal and centre, it should be a great favourite with 

 those purists (with whom I have much sympathy) who 

 insist upon regularity and perfection of shape as the 

 one thing desirable above all others. 



Isabella Sprunt (Verschaffelt, 1867). — Not a strong 

 grower, a button-hole Rose, of light yellow colour ; the 

 buds are well pointed and effective for wear or 

 decoration. 



Jean Ditcher (Ducher, 1874). — Of strong stout stiff 

 growth, with good foliage ; does well as a dwarf and is 

 not liable to mildew, but perhaps the most sensitive ol 

 all Roses to wet or rain. It must have dry weather 

 even when yet a hard bud as soon as it shows any 

 colour, or it will not come to any good. The very 

 strongest buds are apt to come rough or divided, but 

 as a rule they do pretty well if the weather continues 

 dry, and when a fine bloom does come at last it is 

 grand in shape, petal, centre, size, colour, and lasting 

 qualities. It is a free-bloomer, good in a dry autumn 

 and fairly hardy for a Tea Rose. The colour is variable ; 

 sometimes there is a good deal of salmon-pink about 

 it, especially on the outside ; rarely it is quite yellow 

 except the actual outside petals, and then generally 

 very fine; when overblown the blooms have a good 

 deal of red in them, and are very decorative at a little 

 distance. Ruby Gold, a Rose sent out from America, 

 appears to be identical with Jean Ducher. 



