,n 8f. r ® se large, handsome petals, produced on strong, 
upright canes. Vigorous and suitable for both forcing and 
garden cultivation. 
Mistress Charles Russell—(Montgomery, 1912.) (H. T.) 
.bright rose-pink, deepening toward center; otherwise de¬ 
scribed as a light shade oT cerise which does not fade to 
blue, but turns a lighter shade as the flowers age. As 
compared with American Beauty, equal in size and fra- 
grance; superior in its longer, pointed form; far more beau¬ 
tiful in color; preferable in heavy, leathery foliage which 
never drops and is almost mildew proof; stronger and freer 
producer of long canes; much more prolific in bloom, of 
better keeping and shipping qualities. 
Mistress Degraw—(Burgess, 1875.) (B.) Bright coral- 
pink, flowering in clusters; prolific and hardy. 
Mistress Dudley Cross— (W. Paul, 1907.) (T.) Pale, 
soft rosy-yellow, with deeper shadings, delightful in color 
and of a beautifully rounded form, supported on good, 
erect stems. A meritorious new garden variety. 
Mistress Folcy-Hobbs—(A. Dickson, 1910.) (T.) Deli¬ 
cate ivor y* whitc » faintly tinged clear pink on edges of 
thick, shell-shaped, enormous petals winch form giant 
blooms of exquisite form and finish. Floriferous and deli¬ 
ciously tea-scented. Superb; winner of Gold Medal, N. R. S. 
Mistress Fred Straker—(A. Dickson, 1910.) (IJ. T.) 
Orange-crimson in the bud, developing as the bloom ex¬ 
pands to silvery-fawn on front of petals and delicate 
orange-pink on_ back—a color scheme beyond the power of 
words to. describe. Buds long and elegant with a perfectly 
spiral finish, very floriferous and in every respect a splendid 
Rose, highly tea-perfumed. 
Mistress George Shawyer—(Lowe & Shawyer, 1911.) 
(II. T.) Brilliant rosc-oink, or bright peach-pink, the near¬ 
est approach to Rose Queen in tone. Flowers large, well 
formed, fairly full, with petals of good substance. Freer 
in growth and bloom than Killarney; breaks in rapid suc¬ 
cession, throwing up three to four foot canes carrying 
heavy, leathery foliage, every shoot tipped with a bud! 
Winner of many awards, one of the most popular new 
forcers, from the raisers of Lady Hillingdon. 
Mistress John Laing—(Bennett, 1887.) (H. P.) A 
beauty in clear, bright, shining pink; each bud in its long, 
serrated calyx with adjacent green foliage, forms a dainty 
and lovely boutonniere; immense, full blooms on long, stiff 
stems; sweetly scented. 
Mistress R. G. Sharman-Crawford—(A. Dickson, 1894.) 
(H. P.) Light flesh-pink; large, perfect flowers of imbri¬ 
cated form, on clean, erect stems. 
Mistress Robert Peary or Climbing Kaiserin—(A. Dick¬ 
son, 1897.) (C. II. T.) Ivory-white, identical with the 
parent Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, except in its strong 
climbing habit. 
Mistress Taft—(Levavasscur, 1910.) (P.) An improved 
Baby Crimson Rambler of a brighter shade of rosy-crimson. 
Of bushy habit and vigorous growth; a free and continu¬ 
ous bloomer from spring until frost. 
Mistress T. Hillas— (Pcrnct-Ducher, 1913.) (IL T.) 
Pure chrome-yellow without suffusion or shading, large and 
full, of elongated cup shape; very free and perpetual; a 
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