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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 5, 1912 



NEW MEDAL ROSES. 



In oflfering these few remarks on the roses 

 which this year have hevu awar<led medals 

 by the National Rose Society in the seed- 

 ling rose classes at Southampton, Royal 

 Botanic Society's Gardens, Belfast, and 

 Westminster, the writer trusts they will be 

 accepted as merely first impressions, 

 gathered, for the most part, from a few 

 minutes' acquaintance in the place of ex- 

 hibition ; impressions which doubtless will 

 have to be modified on a more intimate ac- 



British Queen. — H.T. (S. McGredy and 

 Son), creamy-white, good size, superb 

 shape, pointed globular, petals reflexed, 



blooms produced on slender upright stems, 

 sweet-scented, habit branching^ very free- 

 flowering. It seems to be just as good in 

 damp weather as in dry, which is surprising, 



as the texture of the petals is somewhat 

 thin. The raiser has a very high opinion 

 of it, and no wonder, as when seen growing 

 at Portadown in July, a batch of several 

 hundreds, the sight viewed from a distance 

 appeared as a veritable snowstorm. On a 



quamtanco with the vari(^ti(\s iindrr rwU^w, closer inspection of the plants, thedifficulty Lim.). A very sweet-scented 



the distributing rights of it in America 

 Silver-gilt Medal, N.R.S., Belfast. 



Coronation.— H. P. (Hugh Dickson, Lim.). 

 Soft clear peach pink, very large, globular 

 superb form, petals of good substance and 

 reflexed, very double. One of the largest 

 roses hitherto exhibited. Foliage dark 

 green and leathery. Habit, as seen on 

 maidens, similar to Frau Karl Druschki. 

 Free- flowering. A massive, very attractive 

 and most promising " exhihition " variety' 

 Silver-gilt Medal, N.R jS., Belfast. 



H. E. Richardson.— H.T. (Hugh Dickson, 



rose, the 



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NB\V H.T. HOSE BRITISH QUEEN 

 Fl„,„s creanny-white. GoM -Medal. N.H.S.. Septe.b„ 12. Me.„s. S. McGredy a„d Son. P„rtacl„„„. 



The most striking feature of the seed- 

 lings exhibited this year is the colour - 



yellow in all shades and de^ees— which 

 makes 



was to find any rough, or even damaged, colour 

 flowers; ' ^v^iuui 



degr 



the description of them somewhat 



every bloom, large or small, 

 seemed perfect. Siher-gilt Medal, N.R.S., 

 Belfast. Gold Medal, N.R.S., Westminster 



Colleen.— H.T. (S. iMcOredy and Son^ +^11 ^ • "\r"n ' ^"w The. 



Blooms carried erect, colour bright nhA* U ' "^^^V^^^^g ^^e flowers upright. The 

 with deeper shading, high pointed cen^^^^^^ '^^^."^'^ ^"^^'^^^^^ Horace Vei;net, have 

 large, very attractive. Habit, on maidens^ 



upright, free-flowering. 



of 



Blooms 



or 



diflScult. Of the 'following medal roses of 

 1912, one has an opinion that, for a grower 



Horace Vernet. 



medium size. A beautiful group of this 

 was staged at Belfast rose show in 1911, 

 as well as this year. Habit, on maidens 



Coronat 



a seedling 



of Messrs. Hugh Dickson, Lim.', will prove 

 the best rose of the year, and Mrs. F. Van- 

 derbilt, a seedling of Messrs. S. McGredy 



a tendency to 



iSilver-gilt 



Th 



Son 



poses 



these roses gained the highest award! 



And yet neither of U.S. A 



vigorous, 



depth of petals wa^ remarkable. „ ^- 

 derstand that Mr. E. G. Hill, of Richmond 



We un- 



thinks so highly of this rose for 



d 



come rough. 

 ^Mecial, N.R.S., Belfast. 



H. Vessey Machin.— H.T. (Alex. Dickson 

 and Sons). A large rich crimson flower, 

 petals of good substance and reflexed. 



commercial pui-poses that he has acqu 



Habit, as seen on maidens, short and up 

 right. The nlant. aDoarentlv, does not 



