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sun much better; Countess of Gosford, good in shades of 
salmon and pink; Andre Gamon, a remarkable free flowering 
variety with deep carmine-rose colorings; Col. Leclerc, a deep 
rose pink; Dorothy Page Roberts, deep coppery pink; My 
Maryland, not so new but a splendid rose for southern plant¬ 
ing; Phariseer, a magniflcent salmon pink, with long pointed 
buds; Florence Pemberton deep, silvery-pink, opening up 
like a huge peony, and almost equal to one in size; Reine 
Carola De Saxe, of the type of La France, but a much better 
bud; Jonkheer J. L. Mock, clear imperial pink, a sterling 
novelty in every respect; Lady Alice Stanley, deep coral-rose 
center orange-yellow, the whole flower suffused delicate pink. 
Mrs. Aaron Ward, the grand forcing yellow, has proved to be 
a splendid bedder. It is distinct in color and ^'ormation of bud 
and flower. The open flower is somewhat flat, but the bud 
is particularly elegant in shape. The color is a rich, Indian 
yellow, with salm.on tintings at the edge of the petals. Mrs. 
Alfred Tate is a fascinating variety, a good grower and con¬ 
stant in bloom. The color is coppery-red, shaded fawn, with 
a distinct ochre-yellow shading at the base of petals. Mrs. 
A. R. Waddell is among the best of the really decorative 
varieties. Good in foliage, growth and open bloom. In 
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combined with light flesh; Miss Cynthia Ford, bright deep 
pink, verylarge, perfectly formed and sweetly perfumed; Ra¬ 
diance, rosy-carmine, large and very full, free and constant. 
The above varieties are among the front rank of good 
pinks, and while I could enum_erate m.any others that are just 
as good or may eventually surpass them, these are worthy of 
extended trial. 
There is always a dearth of good yellows, but recent years 
have added some of our best forcing and bedding roses in the 
section of yellows. Not a new rose but one of our best yellow 
hybid Teas is Mme. Ravary. This variety came out in 
1899, but has been overlooked by the growers in this country 
until very recently. Its main drawback is the difficulty in 
propagation, which will always make it scarce. In color it is 
a beautiful golden yellow, opening full orange yellow, good 
buds and open flowers. Duchess of Wellington is a deep 
saffron-yellow, fading into a coppery-yellow as the flower 
expands. A delightful color which is of great substance. 
Harry Kirk is a sulphur-yellow passing into a lighter shade as 
the flower expands,—a splendid rose. Mm_e. Melanie 
Soupert, probably unequalled in bud form by any rose in 
existence, with an ultra-refined peony shaped developed 
flower, is a superbly grand variety. In color a golden-yellow. 
color the buds are rosy-scarlet, opening reddish-salmion, 
reverse of petals rosy-scarlet. Melody is a marvelously free 
blooming yellow, and is a rose of the highest merit. Mme. 
Jenny Gillemot is decidedly one of the best bedding yellows. 
Of strong, vigorous growth, good foliage, persistent bloomer, it 
is the rose par-excellence of its type. In color it is deep 
saffron-yellow, opening canary, with darker shadings. Sun¬ 
burst, the new forcing yellow, holds out great promise of 
being amiong the best of the yellow bedders. The color is 
orange-copper or golden-orange, edge of petals lighter. This, 
variety is magnificent in bud and belongs to the class of giants 
as to size of bloom. Other good yellow Hybrid Teas, are 
Marquis de Sinety, and unusually good variety. Mme. 
Constant Soupert, Mme. Valere Beaumez and Fredick 
Harmes. 
In the light shades there are many meritorious varieties 
worthy of extended trial. I will mention only a few that 
have shown real worth. 
Florence Edith Coulthwaite could be classed as a sub¬ 
stantial fancy variety. The blooms are large and full, per¬ 
fectly imbricated, and in color, a deep cream, stippled with 
bright rose on the inside petals, the whole reflected with 
orange and peach. Lady Quartus Ewart is a pure white 
