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year by year we shall find more sweet-scented new Roses among the 
Hybrid Teas than we have had in the past, some produced no doubt 
by chance, but more by those who like himself follow well-thought- 
out lines and work on them. The process is a slow one, but so fas- 
cinating, he says, that one never thinks of the time and trouble, and 
he might have added expense. 
To give the -lovers of scent in Roses further encouragement, it is 
to be noted that many of the new Roses of 1920 are sweetly scented, 
amongst them the yellow ' Rev. F. Page Roberts ' ; ' Constance Casson ' 
(a 'Gorgeous' seedling), 'Princess Victoria,' scarlet red; ' J. G. Glass- 
ford,' carmine crimson; 'Lady Maureen Stewart,' scarlet crimson; 
' Vanity,' hybrid musk; ' Marjorie Bulkeley,' flesh pink; ' Hawlmark 
Scarlet,' ' Ariel,' copper shades ; ' Mrs. John Inglis,' crimson. ' Court- 
ney Page ' has already been mentioned. It will be seen that the 
statement " modern Roses have no scent " needs much qualification. 
Indeed, I think it can be shown that those who demand scent have 
really little cause for complaint. A careful selection of varieties will 
give them all that they can fairly ask from every section of the Rose 
Catalogue. 
If they require Hybrid Perpetuals, ' Alfred Colomb,' ' Captain 
Hayward,' ' Charles Lefebvre,' ' Duke of Wellington,' ' General Jacque- 
minot,' ' Hugh Dickson,' ' Marie Baumann,' ' Prince Camille de 
Rohan,' ' Prince Arthur,' and ' Victor Hugo,' all in shades of red and 
crimson and with the richest Damask scent. Not all of these can vie 
with some modern Hybrid Teas in perfection of form and lasting 
qualities, and they are not so truly perpetual as the Hybrid Teas, but 
in a cool season and under good cultivation they are unsurpassable 
for colour and fragrance. Among the pink Hybrid Perpetuals 
' Francois Michelon ' and ' Mrs. John Laing ' are sweetly scented. 
From the legion of Hybrid Teas can be selected ' Avoca,' ' Chateau 
de Clos Vougeot,' ' Duchess of Wellington,' ' Edgar M. Burnett,' 
' Florence Haswell Veitch,' ' General MacArthur,' ' George Dickson,' 
' Gruss an Teplitz,' ' Hadley,' ' La France,' ' Lady Alice Stanley/ 
' Lieutenant Chaure,' ' Madame Abel Chatenay/ ' Mrs. Arthur Coxhead/ 
' Mrs. George Shawyer,' ' Ophelia,' ' Pharisaer,' ' Richmond Augustine 
Guinoisseau,' and ' Viscountess Folkestone,' all sweetly scented. It 
would not be difficult to name many others. Apart from this special 
merit of scent, several of these are among the best Roses for our gardens. 
Of the newer Roses, ' Admiral Ward,' ' Charles K. Douglas/ ' Queen 
of Fragrance/ ' Cleveland/ ' Mrs. George Norwood,' ' Crimson Emblem,' 
' Dr. Joseph Drew,' ' Hoosier Beauty,' and ' Columbia ' are a few of 
the most satisfactory in the matter of scent. 
The Pernetiana Roses, so called because to M. Pernet-Ducher we 
are indebted as the originator of this group, with their brilliancy of 
colouring are as a class rather deficient in scent. There are, however, 
notable exceptions—' Juliet/ ' Mrs. Ambrose Ricardo,' and the 
' Queen Alexandra ' Rose. 
The true Tea Roses, as I have more than once mentioned, are not 
