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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
EVERGREEN HYBRIDS OF ROSA WICHURIANA. 
An initial set of the hybrid Wichuriana roses 
raised by W. A. Manda of South Orange, N. J., 
were figured in Park and Cemetery, p. 419,1897. 
In addition to other good qualities they have been 
tested as forcing roses by Mr. Robert Grey, now 
head gardener on the Ames estate, North Easton, 
Mass., and found quite satisfactory. 
The set of handsome hybrids now being much 
talked of are not yet in commerce. I had recently 
an opportunity to see them in bloom at Manda’s 
nursery, and believe they will prove excellent cov- 
ering plants for a wide section of country, and of 
NEW EVERGREEN ROSE— “ JERSEY BEAUTY”— FLOWER, 
TWO-THIRDS NATURAL SIZE. 
great use to planters who desire roses for clothing 
the bare ground of embankments, mounds, large 
lots in cemeteries, or for training over fences, rocks, 
etc. They have the habit of Wichuriana — the so- 
called memorial rose. I think the two crosses by 
Perle de Jardins the most beautiful and unique. 
Jersey beauty is a single rose with clusters of golden 
stamens and beautiful green foliage, which without 
flowers renders the plant a valuable one for cover- 
ing rose beds and lending them the vivacity they 
often lack when out of flower. This rose will take 
the place of Rosa lmvigata — the Cherokee rose, 
northward. Gardeneiflora is a double rose from the 
same cross. It is, I believe unique in some respects. It 
has beautiful yellow buds similar in shape and color 
to “Perle” itself. The expanded blooms are nearly 
white, and the combination of these two colors, and 
the somewhat unusual shape of the Gardenia like 
NEW EVERGREEN ROSE “JERSEY BEAUTY,” — FOUR YEARS OLD 
SHOWING HABIT. 
flowers, renders this a very pleasing object indeed. 
The photograph shows the characters referred to 
exactly. 
Evergreen Gem is a cross by Mad. Hoste. It 
has whiter flowers, and foliage of a less shining, 
but very luxuriant and pleasing character. 
An unnamed cross by Meteor is a very hand- 
some rose too, with large flat flowers of the La 
NEWEVERGREEN ROSE “GARDENEIFLORA,” — FLOWER, 
ONE-HALF NATURAL SIZE. 
France shade of pink. When these roses are ready 
for distribution they willnodoubtbe in great demand. 
