APPENDIX 



A List of Exhibition and Garden Roses 



Compiled by a Select Com??tittee of the National Rose Society 

 in the year 1893. With Additio7is (^printed in italics) 

 from that date to the present^ by Mr. Benjamin Cant, 

 of the Rose Nurseries^ Colchester, 



EXHIBITION ROSES. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS. 



Where varieties are described as ' Good in autttjun^^ they flower freely a 



secojtd time. 



Abel Carriere. Crimson-maroon with purplish shading. Best of its 

 colour. 



A. K. Williams. Bright carmine-red. Good in autumn ; exquisitely 

 * finished.' 



Alfred Colomb. Bright carmine-red. Late, fragrant, and always 

 good. 



Alfred Dumesnil. Rosy crimson. Distinct in colour ; fragrant. 

 Alphonse Soupert. Bright rose. A free- flowering, showy, early Rose. 

 Annie Wood. Bright red. Good in autumn ; very fragrant ; best on 

 ' cutbacks.' 



Auguste Rigotard. Light carmine. Good in autumn ; fine foliage. 



Baroness Rothschild. Light pink. One of the best light Roses, late 

 flowering ; good in autumn ; scentless. " . 



Beauty of Waltham. Rosy crimson. Hardy, free -^flowering, and 

 fragrant. . ' ■ 



Camille Bernardin. Light crimson, paler on the edgesr- A very cer- 

 tain Rose ; fragrant. 



Captain Hay ward.* Bright carmine - crimson. Veiy bright Rose; 

 excellent under glass. 



Charles Darwin. Brow^iish- crimson. Good in autumn ; distinct in 

 colour. ' 



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