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an illustration. In a season like that of the past summer it is a great 

 deal to be able to say that no other Hybrid Tea Rose has endured the 

 inclement weather so well as this variety, and if I were asked to name the 

 twelve best Hybrid Teas, it would certainly be among them. — E. T. C. 



Rose * Maria-Leonida ' (Ann. Soc. Nant. 1902, p. 112).— Notice is 

 invited to the fact that the Rose ' Maria-Leonida ' was first produced at 

 Nantes by a grower whose name has perished, and was exhibited there in 

 1832. It is here said to be a hybrid between the Macartney Rose and 

 the tea-scented Rose. — M. L. H. 



Rose, Tea, Lady Roberts (Garden, No. 1624, p. 9; 3/1/1903).— 

 A coloured plate appears with a note about this beautiful Rose, raised by 

 Messrs. Frank Cant & Co., Colchester. The writer says : " Its beautifully 

 shaped, warm apricot-coloured flowers have attracted much attention." 



E. T. C. 



Rose, The Christmas. By T. B. Field (Garden, No. 1622, p. 427 ; 

 20/6/1902). — Christmas Roses flower from the end of the year to the 

 middle of March, according to their situation and the weather. They 

 will grow in almost any ordinary garden soil and in almost any aspect, 

 except full sun. A heavy soil and a shady place suit them well, and it is 

 of the utmost importance to leave them for many years undisturbed. 

 Many other valuable hints are given in this illustrated article.— i£. T. C. 



Rose, Wild Brier, Hybrids, Several interesting- new. By P. 



Graebner (Gartcnflora, 1/11/1902, p. 562, pi. 1504). — Descriptions and 

 coloured plates of the following hybrids : — (i) B. blanda x indica = B. 

 Aschcrsoniana ; (ii) B. californica x nitida = B. Scharnkeana ; (iii) B. 

 Carolina x rugosa = B. Spaethiana ; (iv) B. Carolina x humilis var. 

 lucida = B. Maria Graebnerice. 



(i) Arose from crossing B. blanda, a Rose belonging to a race of 

 B. virginiana, with a dark purple double garden form of B. chinensis var. 

 indica. The plant resembles a form of B. virginiana, is about six feet 

 high, with very slender brown-red shoots. The flowers appear at the 

 beginning of June, and are semi-double and purple-red ; they are always 

 sterile. 



(ii) Is a small shrub about two feet high, suitable for covering rocky 

 places. It blooms from beginning of July into August ; the flowers are 

 purple-red. 



(iii) From the cross indicated three seedlings were obtained, one of 

 them much like some of the ingosa crosses already known. The others 

 are somewhat stiff, more or less erect shrubs, about three or four feet high, 

 with a mixture of many prickles of the rugosa and Carolina types. The 

 leaves, in size and consistency, resemble those of B. rugosa, while the 

 shape of the leaflets is more that of B. Carolina. 



The flowers last a long time, and are purplish, with large obovate 

 potals. Fruit mostly absent. Useful for planting singly or in groups. 



(iv) This is a Rose about three to five feet high, somewhat like B. 

 humilis, but with more upright shoots. The flowers have a strong 

 perfume, and are rose-red, suggestive of 1 La France,' in colour. Fruits 



