The Rose Novelties 
Latest Notes on Varieties listed herewith, January, 1907 
W E TRY to secure each year the really promising novelties from 
all the best growers of Europe; conditions vary so greatly that 
many tine foreign varieties prove utter failures here; we have 
discarded two varieties for every one offered herewith, and these 
varieties retained are more than worthy of a careful further test hy the rose 
growers of this country; don’t forget that every rose now grown with profit 
was once a novelty. 
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If you feel that you need a better red garden rose than any now in 
your collection, try the red bedders, Chas. J. Graham, Lady Rossmore, and 
our own Defiance, which (of course) we consider one of the very “best 
ever,” as it is! and there are also some grand reds in last year’s new sorts; 
try them in your soil and climate; they are well worth it. 
Mme. Constant Soupert is superb; color grand, and the big, plump, 
pointed hud is a joy to behold. 
Countess de Saxe is another rounded and imposing form in a delicate 
color that is exquisite in its daintiness. 
Our own ’Rosemary will prove a fine bedder, the big, fiat, substantial 
fiowers, with the high shade of pink and the stiff stems, cannot fail to please. 
All of Fernet-Ducher's set should have a careful test for forcing pur¬ 
poses; they are of enormous size, with broad petals, and not too full to open 
well in winter, and the Dickson offerings are too well known to need a 
word of commendation from us — they already have a national reputation. 
To the grower of hardy roses we cite the three new H. P’s and the 
three new Mosses, while every general dorist the country over should test 
the new Rugosas each year as they are offered, for this section will yet give 
us our true garden rose; note also Trier, Mr. Lambert’s new white Rambler. 
It you are needing any special rose for any special purpose, state your 
local conditions and we may he able to help you to what you need. 
One who has never tried the testing of new roses cannot imagine the 
interest and pleasure to he found in them; and remember that one year’s 
test seldom determines the value of a rose novelty. 
A wise attention on the part of intelligent rose-growers can greatly 
enlarge the area of American rose culture, as well as enrich our rather 
meagre collection of forcing varieties. 
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