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SIEliRECHT AND WADLEv's CATALOGUE OF 
Eliza Boelle. An elegant rose; very full and double, and delightfully perfumed; colcr, pure 
ivory white, sometimes clouded with blush and tinged with amber. 
Eugene Furst. Flower large and somewhat cupped; good, full form; very sweet; color, 
crimson scarlet, velvety, changing to purple rose. 
Fisher Holmes. Dark rich scarlet, elegantly shaded with deep velvety crimson; very bril- 
liant and beautiful; e.xtra large full flowers; fragrant. 
General Jacqueminot. Rich velvety scarlet, changing to brilUant crimson; magniticent 
buds. 
HER MAJESTY. New Hybrid Perpetual Rose. This new rose, we think, is well 
deserving of its name, as it is without doubt the largest, most superb and majestic show 
rose now in cultivation. The flowers are of great size, measuring half a foot ni diameter, 
and yet not coarse. Its form is perfect, somewhat globulai', and of fine lasting substance; 
the color is a pleasing shade of delicate pink, deepening in color to a carmine pink in the 
centre; it is a most rapid and strong, healthy grower, producing strong, straight shoots 
from 5 to 6 feet long, covered with massive and luxuriant foliage. Price for good, strong 
plants, S3.ooeach; $30.00 per dozen. 
What the London Gardeners' Magazine says about it : 
"Amongst the new roses at Shepperton, it need hardly be said ihat the most important is Her Majesty, for 
which Mr. Bennett received the gold medal, an award well deserved so great is the advance upon the light roses 
at present in cultivation. This rose has been referred to in these pages on several occasions, and a lengthy de- 
scription is not necessary. The flowers are of immense size, without any tendency to coarseness, are somewhat 
globular, very full, and of the most splendid form; the color is a very pleasing .shade of pink deepening to car- 
mine-pink in the centre. The length of time the flowers retain their freshness is remarkable, and U may he men- 
tioned as a point of some interest that one of the flowers exhibited by Mr. Bennett at the National Rose Society's 
Show, on the Tuesday, was shown at the Royal Aquarium on the Wednesday, at Kingston-on-Tbanies on Thurs- 
day and Friday, and at the Crystal Palace on the Saturday, and when we saw it at Lydenham, in the afternoon, it 
was by no means wanting in freshness. The HgDr of growth anil freedom of liloomittg arc remarkable ,fo>- on 
all sides tlu plants are produeing shoots and an abundance of /lo^mrs. Under glass there are about a dozen 
plants with single stems, about eight feet high and nearly as stout as the little finger, although raised from gi-afts 
in the course of last winter, and in pots only six inches in diameter." 
Jules Margotten. Bright cherry red; large, well-formed fragrant, flowers; a splendid old 
variety ; very double and free. 
Lady of the Lake. Peach color; large, free, and of very fine globular form; hardy consti- 
tution ; good and distinct. 
Mabel Morrison. A grand rose, extra large size; very double and full; very similar in 
build and appearance to Baroness Rothschild, but pure snow white occasionally slightly 
tinged with pink. A tare and beautiful variety. 
Madame Alfred de Rougemont. Pure white, delicately shaded and tinged with rose; fully 
double, good size very sweet and pretty; one of the best white Hylirid Perpetuals. 
Madame Baron Haussman. Large and fine; very full and fragrant; color, beautiful dark 
vermilion; showy and effective. 
Madame Gabriel Luizet. Pale pink, a very delicate and beautiful tint of color; large and 
full, cupped, very sweet in the way of A/argiirrile de St Amand; t|uite first-rate. 
Madame Plantier. Pure white; large and very double; a good hardy Rose, suitable for 
all purposes. 
