Notable Hybrid Teas 
TEN years ago, among my supreme favorites in 
this highly attractive class were Viscountess 
Folkestone, La France, I'harisaer Le Progres 
and Clara Watson ; and I am free to confess that in 
my estimation these fine varieties retain to a large ex- 
tent their original place, writes Rev. David R. William- 
son, in the Garden English. There are, indeed, a con- 
siderable number of modern introductions, somewhat 
more distinctively colored, that are regarded — or at 
least described by their raisers — as distinct improve- 
ments upon these ; but I greatly question if they are 
equally floriferous or produce on the whole grander 
artistic or decorative results. It would, I submit, 
be very unfair to relegate to utter oblivion such Roses 
as La France, Caroline Testout or Viscountess Folke- 
stone for the sake of other varieties of more 
recent origination that are less hardy in their con- 
stitution and flower less i)rofusely. Another exquisite 
Rose that was a great favorite with me in "the days 
that are no more" was Gustave Regis, with long and 
very graceful deep saffron buds, which, I am glad to 
find, is widely cultivated still. 
fast. Earl of Warwick, introduced by Messrs. William 
Paul and Sons of Waltham Cross, is holding its place 
admirably, alike as an exhibition and garden acquisi- 
tion ; and from what I saw of its capabilities in this 
garden last year, I think that a rivaling Irish Rose — 
Mrs. Bertram J. Walker — is likely to do the same. Of 
the most recent productions of that consummate 
French rosarian, M. J. Pernet-Ducher, three of the 
most valuable for garden ornamentation are Viscount- 
ess Enfield, Totote Gelos and Willowmere. Some of 
his finest creations, such as Rayon d'Or, Constance and 
Mme. Edouard Herriot, have been relegated, like Mr. 
Arthur W. Paul's distinctive Juliet, to the Austrian 
Briar section ; but they might as well be regarded as 
half Hybrid Teas. The beautiful nasturtium red Au- 
gustus Hartman, raised by Messrs. B. R. Cant and 
Sons of Colchester, is now flowering here for the first 
time this year. Among other hybrids that I greatly 
admire are Antoine Rivoire, Arthur R. Goodwin (a 
richl}- colored Rose), British Queen (of fine texture 
and pendulous tendency), Cissie Easlea, Countess of 
Clanwilliam, Harry Kirk, Edgar M. Burnett, Killar- 
Courtesy of The Garden (English) . 
Rose Mrs. Bertram Walker 
Rose Augustus Hartman 
Rose Margaret Dickson Haminil 
That there are many new Hybrid Teas of the very 
highest merit, and of great capabilities for garden cul- 
ture and even for effective exhibition purposes, can- 
not be denied. As their name is legion they cannot 
all be enumerated or characterized here. Among 
crimson or maroon varieties we have such splendid 
representatives as George Dickson, H. V. Machin, 
Brilliant, Admiral Ward, General Macarthur and J- B. 
Clark, whose only formidable rivals are found among 
the Hybrid Perpetuals in Hugh Dickson antl Captain 
Hayward. that seem predestined by their luminous 
beauty and charming fragrance to endure. Among 
yellow varieties are such admiral)Ie introductions as 
Mrs. Wemyss Quinn, lona Herdman, Margaret Dick- 
son Hamill, Sunburst and Mrs. Archie Gray. 
Mrs. Herbert Stevens, one of the most refined in 
its aspect of modern pure white Roses, has been as- 
signed to the Tea section by its distinguished raisers ; 
but, on the other hand, an introduction of larger size, 
viz., Florence Pemberton, is one of the most conspicu- 
ous among the Hybrid Teas. Richly distinctive in 
their aspect are Gorgeous and Mrs. Hugh Dickson, 
raised bv the eminent firm at Belmont Nurseries, Bel- 
ney, Mr. George Paul's Lemon Queen, Mme. Abel 
Chatenay. Mme. Melanie Soupert, Queen of Frag- 
rance (odorous and free-flowering). Queen Mary, and 
Mrs. Franklin Dennison, greatly eulogized bv Mr. 
Herbert E. Molvneux not long before his death. 
ROSA HUGONIS— ROSA ECAE. 
OOSA HUGONIS.— Jud.ying by its appearance this 
year, no plant sent from China to our northern gar- 
dens equals this rose in grace and beauty. The long- 
gracefully arching branches are so thickly covered with 
flowers from end to end that the petals touch and make 
a continuous band of pale yellow. The individual flow- 
ers are about two and a half inches in diameter and have 
a delicate perfume; the leaves are small and pale green. 
It is a hardy and fast-growing shrub, and has every ap- 
pearance of beconfing a large plant. Perhaps no other 
single-flowered rose is so beautiful, although the Cherokee 
Rose, another Chinese Rose (R. lacz-ii^ata) naturalized in 
the southern states, has handsome foliage and larger 
flowers, but the flowers of the Cherokee Rose are white 
and are not produced in such profusion, and in the north 
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