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A BOOK ABOUT ROSES 



Marie Rady. \ Brilliant red. A fine hot -season Rose ; best 



Comtesse de Choiseul. / on ' cutbacks. ' 

 Marie Verdier. Pure rose. Large and fine-petaled. 

 Marquise de Castellane. Clear cherry-rose. Stout, bold, and free- 

 flowering. 

 Maurice Bernardin. *| 



Exposition de Brie. I Shaded crimson. A good reliable Rose ; 

 Ferdinand de Lesseps. j fragrant. 

 Sir Garnet Wolseiey. J 

 Merveille de Lyon. AMiiie. One of the best white Roses. 

 Monsieur Noman. Pale rosy-pink. Best from maiden plants ; a fine- 

 weather Rose ; early. 

 Mrs. Baker. Bright cherry-rose. A bright rose of the Victor Verdier 

 race ; early. 



Mrs. Harkness. Pinkish blush. Good in cool weather. 



Mrs. Jolin Laing. Rosy-pink. A continuous bloomer ; few Roses 



have so many good qualities. Gold medal N. R.S. 

 Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford. Rosy-pink. A good addition to 



show Roses. 



Paul Jamain. Purplish- crimson. One of the best Roses grown ; very 

 fragrant. 



Pierre Netting. Deep crimson, shaded violet. Requires fine weather; 



very fragrant ; uncertain. 

 Pride of Reigate. Carmine, with violet shade, striped with white. A 



striped Comtesse d' Oxford. 

 Pride of Waltliam. Light salmon-pink, shaded violet. Similar in 



growth and foliage to Comtesse d' Oxford. 

 Prince Arthur. Bright crimson. A free-flowering and bright form of 



General Jacque??iiiiot. 

 Prince CamiUe de Rohan. ) Crimson-maroon. The freest-flowering of 



La Rosiere. j all the dark Roses. 



Reynolds Hole. Deep maroon, flushed with scarlet. A good dark 



Rose ; requires tlie brier ; late. 

 Rosieriste Jacobs. Bright shaded crimson. Medium in size. 

 Salamander. Bright crimson. Gold medal N. R.S. 

 Senateur Vaisse. Bright crimson. The best of the old crimson Roses ; 



good in autumn. 



Sir Garnet Wolseiey. Shaded crimson. A good reliable Rose ; 

 fragrant. 



Sir Rowland Hill. Deep velvety plum. A sport from Charles 

 Lefebvre. Gold medal N. R.S. 



Star of "Waltham. Carmine, shaded violet. Splendid foliage ; a fine- 

 weather Rose. 



Sultan of Zanzibar. Maroon, edged with scarlet. A bright dark 



Rose ; requires brier. 

 Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi. Glowing rose. Retains its colour well 



when cut. 



Thomas Mills. Bright scarlet carmine. Rather thin for the south, 



but fine in the northern counties. 

 Ulrich Brunner. Cherry-red. A fine-petaled Rose. 

 Victor Hugo. Dazzling crimson, shaded. A striking colour. 



