MILDEW-RESISTANT ROSES. 
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Now when two mildew-proof Tea Roses, such as ' Papa Gontier ' 
and ' Madame Hoste,' are crossed we obtain ' Lady Hillingdon/ which 
with me rarely mildews. 
I have a firm belief that the crossing of the true Teas, such as 'Anna 
Ollivier,' ' Mme. Antoine Mari,' ' G. Nabonnand,' ' Rosomane Narcisse 
Thomas,' ' Sulphurea/ &c, which are in themselves mildew-proof, 
will give us some good mildew-proof Teas. On the other hand, I also 
advocate raising seedlings from some of these and other mildew-proof 
varieties without artificial crossing. 
As far as we know, all of those just named were the result of 
self-fertilized seed, as were many of the old Teas now gone into 
oblivion. Some of the old French raisers were in the habit 
of fertilizing flowers with just any kind, adopting no method what- 
ever. Even as recently as five years ago, I saw in a celebrated 
raiser's gardens at Lyons many hundreds of seedlings without any 
distinctive labels whatever, and I always have my doubts about the 
authenticity of the Continental crosses. At present my greatest hope 
in obtaining mildew-proof Roses is in the comparatively new group 
known as ' Pernetiana ' Roses. This bids fair to be a most important 
group in the near future. We were somewhat disappointed at the 
behaviour of ' Rayon d'Or,' one of the first M. Pernet-Ducher gave us. 
It was the result of a cross between ' Melanie Soupert ' and a seedling 
from ' Soleil d'Or,' and the ' Lyon Rose ' was from a similar cross. 
Now, in ' Rayon d'Or ' we have the true mildew-proof foliage, 
thick and glistening, and to this fine Rose we owe the introduction of 
* Cissie Easlea,' one of the grandest Roses for foliage we have in our 
collection. 
' Louise Catherine Breslau,' ' Constance,' ' Mrs. Wemyss Quin,' and 
' Golden Emblem,' I take it, have the • Rayon d'Or ' blood in them. 
' Golden Emblem ' has glorious foliage, and will, I believe, equal ' Cissie 
Easlea ' in this respect. Happily these Roses possess the more sturdy 
nature of the Hybrid Teas, and do not appear subject to the black- 
spot and dying-back of the wood as seen in ' Rayon d'Or.' Mr. 
Courtenay Page has a fine golden seedling raised from ' Melanie 
Soupert ' X ' Rayon d'Or,' which he has named ' Tim Page.' This has 
grand mildew-proof foliage. 
I anticipate quite a number of advances in this direction, and if 
we can obtain longer petals and better form in crimsons, pinks, and 
whites they will largely displace the Hybrid Teas in the near future. 
I see no reason why crosses should not be effected between this 
group and the true Teas of the ' Madame Hoste ' type, obtaining for 
us probably petals of greater length. 
The China Teas, such as ' Comtesse du Cayla,' are another group 
worthy of the hybridist's attention, having in view mildew -proof 
Roses. The old common monthly would surely produce good things 
judiciously crossed, and I have proved that these semi-double and 
even single Roses often yield good double flowers aided by the 
hybridizer's art. 
