July 4, 19 >3. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
010 
Round the Nurseries. 
Messrs. G. Paul and Son s Roses. 
Some little time ago we had a ramble round the nurseries 
of Messrs. G. Paul and Son, Cheshunt. Being early for out¬ 
door Roses, we mostly confined our attention to those grown 
under glass for early work. _ , 
We had the opportunity of seeing the new lea Rambler 
.u-own at home, though we should have liked to have seen it 
growing in the open air. When in the bud state the flowers 
are red” but when half open they fade to salmon-red, and when 
fully expanded they might be described as coppery-pink. They 
are tea-scented, and when the plant is grown out of doors the 
flowers resemble miniature Tea Roses. The plant is a very 
vigorous grower, developing stems 12 ft, to 11 ft, in height in 
two years after being budded. 
The history of this new rambler Rose is somewhat compli¬ 
cated. At first, Cleopatra was crossed with Mine. Charles. 
The Crimson Rambler was then' crossed with the pollen of a 
seedling raised from the previous two. The result was the Tea 
Rambler, best described under this name on account of its 
rambling habit and its producing flowers resembling those of a 
tea-scented Rose, and, of course, it has some Tea blood in it. 
The illustration of the plant in bloom will give a general idea 
of the same when grown under glass, but under more favour¬ 
able conditions flowers will be produced in abundance all along 
the length of the tall stems. 
Hybrid Tea Roses are now getting very plentiful, and are 
certain to become popular in the near future on account of 
their dwarf habit and free-flowering propensities. They 
indeed make the garden gay during the autumn months, when 
the hybrid perpetuals entirely cease blooming. They are also 
hardier than the Tea Roses, and for that reason they prove ser¬ 
viceable for garden decoration as well as for cut flowers. Their 
cultivation presents no difficulties, as they will grow under 
the same conditions as hybrid perpetuals, and prove hardier 
than Teas when grown under the same conditions. We can 
only notice a few of those in bloom on the occasion of our 
visit, but. Messrs. Paul have a very extensive collection of the 
best forms now to be had. 
Helen Guillot produces a wealth of buff-white flowers, the 
variety named Liberty, although raised as recently as 1900, 
has already attained considerable popularity. 1 he flower is 
a distinct shade of crimson, and has been compared to a crim¬ 
son Mrs. Grant, with similar flowers. In the open it proves a 
veiy persistent bloomer, and readily submits to forcing. Being 
of moderately vigorous growth, it will prove suitable for mass¬ 
ing in beds and large clumps in the garden or grounds for 
decorative purposes. 
Mildred Grant created a great sensation wherever it appeared 
at the Rose shows last year, and it is likely to maintain its 
popularity on account of the large size of its cream-white 
blooms. The plant is of dwarf habit, even when grown under 
glass, and for exhibition purposes it is unrivalled. 
One of the prettiest and most interesting of the. new hybrid 
Teas is that named Lady Battersea. It grows vigorously, and 
produces long shoots in abundance, each shoot carrying a long- 
stemmed bloom, well tlmown above the foliage, so that it is 
very useful for vases in the cut state. The flowers being pro¬ 
duced singly, no disbudding is necessary. The buds are long 
and pointed, of a beautiful cerise-crimson, shading to orange 
at the base. Its chief value will be for decorative purposes, for 
massing in the open garden, or for forcing for the sake of cut 
bloom early in the year. The individual blooms are moderate 
in size, and are not perfectly full in the centre ; but the petals 
hold together for a long time, retaining their shape and fading 
to rosy-crimson with age, but still maintaining the beautiful 
orange tint at the base. 
Tea Roses usually submit veiy readily to forcing, so that 
we should naturally expect to see them well represented in a 
collection in spring when developed under glass. A beautiful 
variety is Ceres, with pale yellow flowers, similar to those of 
Duchess of Portland. Souvenir de Pierre Nutting is likely to 
become popular with growers in this country on account of 
the beautiful orange-yellow shades of the flower, which may be 
compared to Marechal Niel, except in colour. Elise Fugier is 
an older and better known variety, with large white flowers 
and very broad petals. 
The Queen, of Sweden and Norway has beautiful conical buds 
of an orange-salmon in the centre, shading to white on the 
outer petals. The photographic illustration of this variety 
given on page 489 will show the character of the bloom when 
Rose Tea Rambler. 
just expanding, and when the flowers are mostly white, the 
darker centre not yet being exposed. 
Mme. de Watteville was grown as a standard, which showed 
off its salmon-pink flowers and yellow shades to great ad¬ 
vantage. The new hybrid perpetual Frau Karl Druschke is 
giving great satisfaction, the pure white flowers being very 
handsome in the half-expanded state, but as flowering ad¬ 
vances the broad petals seem to become whiter. 
Two of the rambler Roses were in very fine condition, in¬ 
cluding Psyche, which resembles Crimson Rambler in habit 
and foliage, as well as the floriferous condition of the shoots. 
The Roses are not produced in such large bunches,-but the 
nodes are close together, so that the flowering shoots thickly 
clothe the stems, and in the aggregate produce a very fine 
effect. The blooms may, however, range from eight to thirty- 
