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Among the Hybrid Perpetuals * Horace Vernet ' is an example 
of a short-lived plant. 
As examples of long-lived varieties I may take ' Mrs. John Laing,' 
' Hugh Dickson,' ' Frau Karl Druschki.* It remains to apply the 
considerations we have been discussing to our existing varieties, with 
the warning that as Roses behave differently in different gardens, 
my conclusions can only represent my own experience, and may not 
always be of general application. 
Of the Crimsons two of the most brilliant are * Red Cross ' and 
Paul's * Scarlet Climber.' These appear to me to stand the sun 
better than most other Roses of this colour. Neither has much, if 
any, fragrance. 
* Red Cross ' has a pretty shape when first opened, but loses it 
rapidly, while the ' Scarlet Climber ' is lacking in form and is not 
really a climber, but makes a good pillar or bush. * Red Letter Day,' 
nearly single, stands sun and grows well, and flowers freely and con- 
tinuously, but lacks form and fragrance. ' K. of K.' is very similar, 
but has not grown quite so well with me. ' Princess Mary ' has 
fragrance, but has not flowered freely until this year. Most of the 
Crimson Hybrid Teas are apt to turn bluish in hot sun. Of this shade 
* Richmond ' is still my best bedding Rose and has some fragrance, 
and ' Mrs. Edward Powell ' comes next. ' General Mc Arthur ' possesses 
fragrance, but lacks form unless disbudded. It is good during its 
discontinuous periods of flowering. A new-comer, ' Covent Garden, ' 
seems promising in this class, and, so far as I can judge, does not 
require disbudding. 
* Avoca ' and * Hugh Dickson ' are perhaps best pegged down. 
When disbudded they have form and are also fragrant. While for 
a large bush or dwarf climber ' Gruss an Teplitz ' is excellent, 
having fragrance, good colour, and lovely foliage, though little form. 
* Victor Hugo ' should still be grown for its colour and perfume, 
though it doubtless produces too many malformed flowers, while 
' Augustus Hartmann ' and * Ecarlate ' give fine colouring. 
Of the very numerous j)inks I would select the old forms, ' Caro- 
line Testout,' * Gustave Grunerwald,' and * Lady Ashtown,' and the 
bicolor * Mrs. E. G. Hill ' for general good qualities ; ' C. E. Shea ' 
and * Dorothy Page Roberts ' for their colour, and * Mrs. Bryce Allen ' 
for its fragrance, and the bedding Tea ' Mme. Henri Berger ' for its 
pretty shape. This Rose is most effective when grown on a south 
wall up to 6 or 7 feet high. 
* Mme. Maurice de Luze ' is a good Rose of the Exhibition type, 
and ' Mrs. J. H. Welsh ' is remarkable for its size and distinct form, 
while the single ' Irish Elegance ' is grown everywhere. Of Strawberry 
tints the two best seem to me to be * Mme. Edouard Herriot ' and 
' Henrietta.* The former is the most free-flowering, the latter has 
beautiful foliage, but both lack fragrance. 
Of*the all too numerous varieties between white and pink I 
conceive the best to be ' Pharisaer,' ' Ophelia,' ' Mrs. Theodore 
