StPTiuazR 14. 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



701 



ROSE SUNBURST. 



Few roses have of late years beoii so 

 freely discussed as the beautiful hybrid tea 

 of which we give an illustration herewith. 



issue was not the merits 



The question at 



of the rose, for they weie recognised 

 being of a high order by those who had an 

 opportunity of seeing plants in bloom ; but 

 whether the committee of the National 

 Bost* Society for judging new rose« should, 

 when the variety was suibmitted to tliem. 



that regulations of tlie National Rose So- 



as of other 



ciety, 



bod 



be 



, can only 

 altered by the governing bo<lv after due 

 notice has been given. When "in July last 

 It was shown in strict accordance w ith the 



ved the distinotion of 

 ^, - . , award that, if not 



the highest that could have been given, is 

 such as to «how that tlie rose possciies 

 merit of a high order. 



Suniburst is one of the several highly- 

 coloured roses that have (been raised by 



a silver-gilt medal 



go<Kl qualities cliaracteristic of a hedding 

 ros<^ of the highest class, and it may be 

 anticipated that it will show a considerable 

 advance in every way next 3'ear, because 

 the plants tJiat were bedded out last spring 

 will have bei'ome wel]-establisl)e<l, and, in 

 the cas<^ of young plants, it will be possible 

 to bed them out at a somewhat earlier 

 ])eri<Hl, and thus give them a longer time 

 ft)r bei'oming established before the com- 

 mcn<*<Mn<'nt of the season of flowering. 

 For the ])ro<l net inn of flowers un(]<»r glass 



^ 7 wy- 



( 



NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE SUNBURST. 

 Colour, cadmium yellow, orange in the centre, and paler at margins of petals. 



suspended 



^i«nrexhfhH Under the regula- 



t>looms a n, ^'f-.f^^d ^ ^^bmit with the 



the plant^ 1*?:"' ^^^rl««king the f Lt that 

 ground in the open 



stake, „, 



and those 



nible ^l^^^^, the com 



Cihr^ the variety 



wa J^'.^eht they should hav 



^^vardTr^^"^"" «noum nave made an 



^ere apparently dblivious of the fact 



AI. J, Pernet-DucheFj and was distributed 

 in the spring of the present year. Tihe 

 raiser describes the variety as a very strong 

 grower, 'but from what we have seen of the 

 variety we should hardly regard the growth 

 as 'Very strong/' The time has not, however, 

 been long enough to give a definite opinion 

 upon this point, ^but it is evident that the 

 rose has a good constitution, and that the 

 growth is free and the shoots stout and 

 ereH. Sunburst appears to possess the 



Sunburst has much value, for both in the 



forcing pit and cool house it grows freely 



and hlooms profusely and continuously. 



The flowers are of medium size, of the form 



indicated in the accompanying illustration, 



and the colour is cadmium yellowy orange 



in the centre, and passing to rather pale 



yellow at the margin of the petals. The 



leaves art^ bronzy-green, and form a fine 



setting to the richly-coloured and elegant 

 flowers* 



