GARDEN ROSES. 
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Roosevelt,' ' Mme. Leon Pain/ * Rene Wilmart,' ' Urban,' and ' La 
Tosca,' to which perhaps ' Mrs. EUsha Hicks ' might be added for its 
fragrance. 
Good whites are scarce, and * Frau Karl Druschki ' is still the 
best of its type. ' Mme. Jules Bouche ' is a good free-flowering 
Garden Rose but papery in petal, and the bedding Tea * Mrs. Herbert 
Stevens ' is without a serious rival, but * Molly Sharman Crawford,' 
though a little papery in petal, is a good Garden Rose. 
Coming to flowers containing shades of orange and yellow, few 
of them with any fragrance, I may include ' Joseph Hill,' ' Mme. 
Melanie Soupert,' including the climbing variety, which is excellent, 
' Prince de Bulgarie ' and * Betty,' the two last named rather liable 
to black- spot, and for its fine colour ' Arthur R. Goodwin.' 
As a big bush we have the nankeen yellow ' Gustave Regis ' with 
its dwarf counterpart ' Mme. Pernet Ducher.' ' Joanna Bridge ' is 
pretty in the bud and grows well, but the flower is very fleeting. 
Lastly, the yellows. Over a lengthened trial I think * Mme. Ravary ' 
the best of the old varieties, and ' Mrs. Wemyss Quin ' much brighter 
in colour, of the new. The bedding Tea * Lady Hillingdon ' should be 
included. 
' Golden Emblem ' and * Constance ' are good during their flower- 
ing, but so far this has not proved sufficiently continuous in my 
garden. 
It is impossible to pass over ' Rayon d'Or.' Its colour is quite 
distinct and very conspicuous, but its habit of dying back will prevent 
it having any long life in our gardens unless a cure can be found. 
It has Httle beauty of form. 
Climbing and Bunch-flower Roses. 
Of crimson shades the earliest is Paul's ' Carmine Pillar,' often 
out by the end of May but not autumnal. Perhaps the most effective 
is 'Excelsa,' with little form but closely packed heads of blossom. 
Travelling through the villages in summer it is interesting to notice 
how this Rose is replacing the earlier-flowering ' Crimson Rambler ' 
in the cottage gardens. This is followed in time of flowering by 
' Hiawatha,' which has a whitish eye and is single, coming to its best 
just as * Excelsa ' is going over ; * Coronation,' with white eye, coming 
still later. 
' Diabolo ' is a better and deeper colour and form, but not nearly 
so free in flowering, and makes long, rather brittle arms, which are a 
trifle diflicult to deal with. 
' Francois Crousse ' is larger-flowered, belonging to the Hybrid 
Tea section. It becomes too leggy as a pillar, but does well on 
south wall. ' Ard's Rambler,' ' Ard's Rover,' and ' Ard's Pillar ' are 
useful Roses of this colour, ' Ard's Rover ' being the easiest of the 
three to manage. 
Between crimson and pink comes ' Reine Olga de Wurtemberg.' 
