February 2, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
HYBRID tea rose 
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QUEEN OF SPAIN. . 
The Hybrid Tea section of Roses is at 
ie present day the most popular on ac- 
ount of the remarkable advance that has 
een made and the number of beautiful 
ew varieties which have been brought 
efore the public. Last summer a fine 
xhibit of Queen of Spain was put up at 
he Holland House Show by Messrs. Bide 
nd Sons. Alma Nurseries, Farnham. 
urrey, when the variety was accorded an 
.ward of Merit. A Card of Commenda- 
on was also given it by the National 
lose Society at Regent’s Park on July 
th of last year. 
The blooms are of large size when 
treated as for exhibition, ol beautiful 
shape and quite compact. The colour 
is of a pale flesh, deepening in the centre 
and flowers produced on maiden plants 
are usually much richer in colour than 
those from plants which have been cut 
back. The petals are broad, of excellent 
tetxture, and the outer ones are rolled 
back at the edges, showing the deeper- 
tinted and beautiful centre. 
The parentage is not altogether cer¬ 
tain, beyond the fact that it was raised 
{from the Hybrid Tea Antoine Rivoire 
crossed with a Hybrid Perpetual, having 
a scent similar to that of Souvenir de la 
Malmaison. These flowers are very dur 
able, seeing that the fine exhibit at Hol¬ 
land House was as good at the end of 
the two days’ show as when first put up. 
The variety is therefore well adapted for 
exhibition purposes, as well as for home 
and garden decoration. It is being put 
into commerce by Messrs. Bide and Sons, 
to whom we are indebted for the accom¬ 
panying illustration, and hope this is 
merely a forerunner of many new varie¬ 
ties from the same source. A coloured 
illustration has been prepared by the 
raisers, and will be sent post free on ap¬ 
plication. 
