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THE HISTORY OF THE ROSE. 
It may interest some of our customers to know the earliest record of cultivated Roses dates 
back to the days of ancient Greece and Rome. 
The rose came from Central or Western Central Asia, and there is abundant evidence that the 
Greeks used the Queen of Flowers for personal embellishment at their public festivities, and 
religious ceremonies, not only dedicating it to their gods and goddesses, but investing it with many 
supposed medicinal virtues. 
During the time of the Roman Empire the rose occupied a high position amongst flowers, and 
many districts became famous for their rose gardens. There were, however, at that time only 
Red and White Roses. From the fourth to the sixteenth century scarcely anything was known 
of the rose as a cultivated plant, and at the beginning of the sixteenth century "(about 1629) there were 
but 24 varieties known in England, in 1730 there were 43 varieties, and in 1770, seventy-nine named 
varieties of roses. Thus it will be seen what enormous strides have been made by the hybridist, 
when there are in the year 1914 about 4,500 named varieties of roses. 
The Moss Rose was introduced from Holland in 1596, the Austrian Briar came about the 
same time from Austria, and the China rose in 1789. From the Celestial Empire came the first Tea 
Rose in 1810. 
HYBRID PERPETUALS. 
lo those who grow for exhibition they are indispensable, because in this class are found many red 
and crimson varieties, so valuable to exhibitors When grown for garden ornamentation hard or 
close pruning is not recommended. The varieties in this section specially recommended for 
exhibition purposes are marked thus* 
Only those sorts which are priced in the column for standards and 
half-standards can be supplied as such. They are fine plants, grown on 
gritty soil, therefore fibrous rooted. 
Half Habit o( 
Stds. Stds. Dwls. NAME. DESCRIPTION. Growth 
— — -/9 Abel Carriere ( E. Verdier , 1875), crimson maroon with purple 
shading ; large and full; best of its colour. vig. 
2/- 1/6 -/9*Alfred Colomb ) ^acharme 1865), bright red ; large full and 
M P W11 i)KK ( P er * ect ar * orm? * ree blooming, and excellent 
) in every way . 
2/6 1/6 -/ 9 *Alfred K. Williams (/. Schwartz , 1877), bright carmine red ; large 
full, and perfect imbricated form, particularly 
brilliant and beautiful ; resents hard pruning and 
is difficult to transplant. An exhibitor’s rose only... free 
— — -/9 American Beauty (Bancroft Henderson , 1885), deep rose ; very 
large ; globular shape ; delicious perfume . vig. 
— — -/9*Auguste Rigotard ( Schwartz , 1871), fine cherry red ; large, full, 
perfect globular form ; best in Autumn. ,, 
2/- 1/6 -/9 Baroness Rothschild ( Pernet , 1867), light pink, perfect cupped form rob. 
2/- 1/6 -/9*Beauty of Waltham ( W. Paul and Son, 1862), cherry crimson; large, 
full, and perfect form ; free flowering . vig. 
2/- 1/6 -/9*Ben Cant ( B. R. Cant a 7 id Sons, 1902), colour deep crimson, with 
slightly darker flushes in the centre, a large well 
formed flower when caught right. Gold Medal N.R.S. „ 
2/- 1/6 -/9*Black Prince (W. Paul and Son, 1866), blackish-crimson ; large, full, 
globular flowers, requiring heat and not much sun 
to open them, liable to burn ..... „ 
— — -/9 Boule de Neige ( Lacharme , 1867), pure white small rosette shaped 
flowers, produced in clusters ; suitable for pillars 
or screens . „ 
2/- 1/6 -/9*Captain Hayward ( Bennett, 1893), scarlet crimson ; long pointed 
flowers, perfectly formed, very free blooming ; it 
revels in cool weather, a grand early rose. „ 
A Book about Roses, by the late Right Rev. Dean Hole, post free, 3s. lOd. 
