July 16, 1904, 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
577 
The Hybrid Tea Rosa. 
(Continued from I'aye 542.) 
At the Rose Conference', Mr. Pemberton asked : “Why is it 
that the Hybrid Tea class, speaking generally, is so deficient 
in reds of a decided colour?” and the question has so far re¬ 
mained unanswered. In reality, it is not so, difficult to reply 
to as might at first be thought. With few exceptions, the 
Tea Roses are a light-coloured race, and for several decades 
hybridists in France have been, endeavouring to introduce 
some good red and crimson varieties, but with scant success. 
The strain is naturally light-coloured, and the descendants of 
this strain, as has been, proved over and ever again, are in¬ 
variably light coloured. Writing to me but a short while ago 
on this very subject, a well-known, Rosehybridist endorsed these 
facts, and added that, this was the chief reason why nearly all 
Roses of the Hybrid Tea* class were' pink. In nearly every 
case, so he informed me, the product of a crocs between a Tea 
or an Hybrid Tea and a crimson Hybrid Perpetual was a pink 
or pale-coloured Hybrid Tea. That this is evidently correct 
is to a certain extent borne out by Mr. William Paul in the last 
edition of “ The Rose Garden,” where, in the chapter devoted 
to hybridisation, lie gives the result of some of hi® latest 
crosses; and though no 1 mention of the fact, is made, these 
results speak for themselves. Here are some of them :—• 
Hybrid Tea, Antoine Rivoire x General Jacqueminot pro¬ 
duced a, large', finely-shaped pink Hybrid Tea. 
Thu Princess of Wale® x Hybrid Perpetual Robert Duncan 
(rosy-lake) produced a finely-shaped blush Hybrid Tea. 
Hybrid Tea, Princess Bonnie (bright crimson) x Enchantress 
produced a pure white handsome Tea. 
Tea Muriel Grahame x General Jacqueminot produced a, 
large globular handsome pink Hybrid Tea. 
Tea, Marquise dei Viven® (pale rose and yellow) x Hybrid 
Perpetual Gloire de Margottin, (brilliant red) produced a fine 
large pink. 
Then, if we examine the list of new Hybrid Tea Roses for 
1903 we shall find that amongst over fifty varieties there is not 
a really good red or crimson. My friend Mr. G. Paul, writing 
to me in November last, said, in reference to the new Con¬ 
tinental Robe®: “ There is a coming flood of dull-coloured 
Hybrid Teas, of which beware,” so that as far as colour is 
concerned, it doe® not look as if this class is. likely to, be en¬ 
riched at present, by anything better than we already possess. 
In the near future, however, our two greatest raisers of Hybrid 
Teas' have promised us some really good vivid reds and crim¬ 
sons. I allude to Messrs. A. Dickson and Sons, of New- 
townards, Ireland, and Mon®. Jo®. Pernet-Ducher, of Yenissieux, 
near Lyons, France. At the Leicester Abbey Park show in 
August last the former exhibited a magnificent deep glowing 
crimson Hybrid Tea. under the name of George Dickson. This 
was of large size, and possessed all the attributes which go- to 
make a good flower. It excited an immense amount of atten¬ 
tion, and was acclaimed by all who saw it as an inimitable 
acquisition. Souvenir de C. J. Grahame and Engineer are two 
other red Hybrid Teas which are to be distributed from New- 
townards, and are very highly spoken of. 
Monsieur Pernet-Ducher, whose first Hybrid Tea, Mine. 
Caroline Testout, created such a sensation in the Rose world, 
still continues to enrich our gardens with sterling novelties'. 
He will shortly distribute a Hybrid Tea which lie describes 
as being a, vigorous grower, with the fragrance' and floriferous- 
ness of La France, and the colour of that well-known Hybrid 
Perpetual, Fisher Holmes. Etoile de France is the name of 
this new variety, which, if it comes up to, its, raiser’s descrip¬ 
tion, is assured of a hearty welcome wherever Roses are grown. 
Many other raisers are in the field, each of whom is striving 
to produce worthy additions to this splendid class, and every 
year fresh progress is being made. And what makes, the work 
of development easier is, the fact that the public now holds 
the'Hybrid Tea. Rose in high esteem, and is not slow to, appre¬ 
ciate the immense improvements which have taken place. The 
future of the Hybrid Tea is, of course, assured. Already its 
introduction has done a great deal towards popularising the 
Rose, and everyone is beginning to see that for bedding-out 
and garden decoration it is absolutely unequalled. Moreover, 
many gardens situated in the North and Midlands which pi-ove 
too cold and exposed for the successful culture of the pure Teas 
will grow the hardier Hybrid Teas with success. In my cold 
Midland garden they have proved able to' withstand severe 
frost, and although some varieties (especially when grown, in 
standard form) have suffered, the majority camei through 30 
deg. of frost with but little harm. Of course, the nearer they 
approach the Teasi, the more susceptible are they to, frost, and 
it behove® raisers, therefore, to study the question of hardiness, 
which is certainly of the greatest importance. Another point 
is that we want Roses of vigorous growth. Kinds like White 
Lady, Alice Furon, Tennyson, La Fraicheur, Lady Mary Fitz- 
william, Papa Lambert, Mildred Grant, and others of short and 
H. T. Rose Mildred Grant : Premier bloom, much reduced. 
(See p. 575.) 
moderate growth are useful for certain purposes, but as cut¬ 
backs most of them lack vigour, and for garden decoration 
none can rank with free-growing kinds, like Grace Darling, ’Vis¬ 
countess Folkestone, Mme. Pernet-Ducher, Gustave Regis, La 
To,sea, Caroline Teistout,, and others of a hardy and vigorous 
nature. These will grow into splendid bushes if spared the 
knife, and surpass all other Ro®e« in effectiveness. The work 
of creating Roses such as these i*. after all, only in its infancy, 
and now that the attention of raisers is directed towards their 
production, who can, say what marvellous developments, await 
us? The Hybrid Tea of the future must be hardy, free in 
growth, continuous flowering, and above all definite in, colour. 
The following list comprises all the best Hybrid Teas in 
cultivation. I have been making a careful trial of thesei Roses 
for some years, and append some notes on their behaviour in 
my garden, as well as some particulars of their origin. It 
should be remembered that for exhibition purposes many 
Hybrid Teas are best grown as standards. Those that, form 
good heads are especially noted. Arthur R. Goodwin. 
e Worcestershire. ‘ (N.R.S. Committee.) 
(To be continued.) 
