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Perle des Jardins, and retaining all its qualities, need have no 

 more said in its favor to recommend it to any who is ac- 

 quainted with Perle des Jardins. 



" Waban is a deep-colored sport from Catherine Mermet, 

 and when we remember how The Bride has taken with the 

 public, and that it originated from the same source, I am sure 

 it will be tried by a good many, independently of my recom- 

 mendation. I have grown it, and it is a very promising rose. 

 It originated at the Waban Conservatories in Massachusetts, U. 

 S. A. I will give the raiser's description, and can endorse the 

 greater part of it : ' In foliage and vigor, Waban resembles 

 The its parent ; flowers borne on long, strong stems, in form some- 

 newer what larger and exceeding in size and number of petals. [I 

 roses. ^ Q nQt en( j orse the last sentence ; it is as large as C. Mermet, 

 and as full, but not more so.] Color carmine-pink, splashed 

 with flaming madder-red, shaded brilliantly upon outside pet- 

 als, and as you approach the center of the bud, each petal 

 increases in intensity and color. Reflexed petals are more 

 delicate in color, but shaded stronger at the end. From our 

 knowledge and experience in the growing of roses, we do not 

 hesitate to say that this rose is one of the greatest acquisitions 

 to the Tea rose family, and it is the finest which has come to 

 our knowledge.' There! if you discount that description 

 ever -so slightly, you have a fair estimation of this grand 

 rose. [See page 74; also § 1, Part ii.] 



"Climbing Niphetos must rank as our very best white 

 climber under glass. It is always good, and remarkably free- 

 blooming, and a wonderfully vigorous grower. You should 

 leave the long Marechai Niel-like shoots intact, and will then 

 be rewarded with flowers quite equal to the old Niphetos, and 

 from every eye upon these long growths. It is simply a grand 

 rose. [See Annals for 1890, 56.] 



" L'Ideale is a Noisette of first-class merit, bright, rich 

 golden yellow in color, splashed with orange-yellow and me- 

 tallic red ; a very distinct and attractive rose. 



" The foregoing are the very best of the Tea-scented and 

 Noisettes, and all are worth obtaining. 



"Hybrid perpetuals. Margaret Dickson is indeed a grand 

 acquisition, and so I place it first on my list. It is very new, 

 only being put in commerce this year (1891). It gained the 

 gold medal last year, and first prize for any new rose, and 



