FOUR'ni NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 175 
In giving a list of new roses of most promise, one should understand that 
new European \arieties are shipped to America as such small |)lanls that a 
two-years' test is recjuired. Sometimes these weak plants will not do well until 
the third year, and when they winter-kill, duplicates must be tested. For these 
reasons we cannot recommend the growing of new varieties by the average 
amateur. 
During 1915 we have tested all new varieties issued in Europe by [prom- 
inent growers. Owing to foreign conditions, some 1914 varieties did not reach 
us until April, 1915, making the tests less conclusive than usual. Roses of 
1912-1913 have been thoroughly tested; data regarding them is conclusive. 
The color descriptions which follo\v are, in most cases, the introducer's. 
It will be realized that the following descriptions are for the roses as grown 
near Philadelphia. 
VARIETIES INTRODUCED IN 1912 
C. IF. Cowan. (Alex. Dickson.) H. T. Good growth, hardy; good foliage^ 
fine stem; medium size, good form, fair lasting qualities; color "warm car- 
mine cerise," tea-rose perfume; thirty blooms in 1915. 
Freifrau Ida von Schubert. (P. Lambert.) H. T. Good growth, hardy; 
fine foliage, good stem; medium size, fair form, lasts well; color "warm crim- 
son-red," delicious perfume; thirty blooms in 19 15. 
Grange Colombe. (P. Guillot). H. T. Good growth, very hardy; good 
foliage and stem; medium size, form very good, lasts well; color "creamy 
white with salmon-yellow-fawn center," fifty-seven blooms in 1915. 
Louise Catherine Breslau. (Pernet Ducher.) H. T. Good growth, hardy; 
beautiful foliage, lost early, fair stem; medium size, fair form, fair lasting 
qualities; color distinct "coral-red to shrimp-pink, shaded reddish coppery 
orange and chrome-yellow"; thirty-three blooms in 191 5. 
Mrs. David Baillie. (Hugh Dickson.) H. T. Good grow'th, very hardy; 
fair foliage, good stem; spring blooms large, perfect form, lasts well; color 
"madder-carmine"; fifty-two blooms in 1915. 
Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth. (Alex. Dickson.) H. T. Growth good, hardy; 
good foliage and stem; medium to large size, lasts well; color "ecru on milk- 
white, " tea-rose perfume; thirty blooms in 1915. 
Ophelia. (Wm. Paul.) H. T.* Growth good; fine foliage, stem good; 
perfect form, lasts well; color beautiful — "salmon-flesh, shaded wdth rose"; 
twenty-seven blooms in 19 15. 
Sunburst. (Pernet Ducher.) H. T.* A collector's rose. Fair growth, 
not hardy ; beautiful form ; color ' ' cadmium-yellow with yellow-orange center ; ' ' 
thirteen blooms in 191 5. 
*Ophelia is the rose introduced to the commercial trade by the E. G. Hill Co., which is 
having a notable success as a cut-flower variety. Sunburst is also found to be worth while 
forcing. — Editor American Rose Annual. 
