August 2, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 
NEW ROSES THIRTEEN 
YEARS AGO. 
The year 1900 witnessed the introduction 
of many new roses, tthough not of the pro¬ 
digious number that is now the annual 
output. Of these many have almost, if 
not wholly, sunk into oiblivion, except, 
maybe, in the gardens of some amateuns, 
who have kept and propagated from them. 
Others are stiill with us, and freely 
[ grown, while a few have become world- 
1 known. Probably a deficiency in the 
number of petals may be instanc^ as char- 
icterising those roses of 1900, new colour 
having been chiefly in the fashion. Madame 
Ravary, for example, still so popular, dis¬ 
appoints many growers on account of the 
blossoms showing the centres so quickly; 
indeed, under a hot sun, this variety will 
open from quite a moderate bud in the 
morning, spread out wide during afternoon, 
and be far past its best by even¬ 
ing. Specimens grown against a west wiall, 
not trained to it, but a foot or two away, 
have the best chance to preserve the beau¬ 
tiful golden-yellow colour, and delay petal 
Wiedding. The raiser’s description of this 
hybrid tea was an eminently fair one: 
“ Golden-yellow, conical buds, flowers 
when open golden-yellow, large and nearly 
full, hardy, and a free bloomer.” The 
fa^ that the gold, in many localities and 
noils, is almost apricot rather than anuber, 
should, however, be admitted. Madame 
Ravary does not usually show the strong 
*p*owtih that should characterise a hybrid 
Jtea, and would be more likely to be taken 
for a tea rose, unless liberally fed. 
A truly beautiful and useful rose of that 
year, one, too, that should be more gene- 
rally grown, was the hybrid tea, 
Admiml Dewey, described as “an almost 
white sport from Caroline Testout, dis¬ 
tinct, and good.” This is still iu oom- 
inerce, and one of the truest modern cata¬ 
logue descriptions runs thus: “Ivory- 
white, tinted flesh, very large and good.” 
Another new rose of 1900 was GWadys Hark. 
dieseribed as “ H.T., deep salmon- 
pink, reflex of petals silvery-pink ; growth 
IJi^rous, and of erect branching habit, 
PTOwering profusely; blooms large and well 
The same year witnessed the coming of 
tbo^ two noted singles, raised by an 
' Irish Beauty and Irish Glory, 
wnioh were then priced at seven shillings 
sixpence. Bince then Irish Elegance 
ousted the older relatives fi-om favour, 
o some extent, on account of its wonder- 
colour blend of apricot and' bronzy- 
with scarlet. Corallina at- 
aoted considera/ble attention as a rich- 
^e<l tea, then regarded as somewhat un- 
wnmon, and this rose of William Paul 
YfS shill merits the praise. Deep 
y-crimson, large petals ; beautiful in the 
state; a strong-growing variety, which, 
ned with its free-iblooming qualities, 
' ^is it one of the most charming crim- 
' roses in cultivation for massing and 
should be .realised Iby gar- 
sol id largest, and most intensely 
tahlo l®ss sought after for 
is a perfect 
ishing S^ow in quantity for vase fur- 
’^f^^ety-crimson hybrid tea, with 
T au thL huds, shown and appreciated 
^^^eneuve. A hybrid 
'^^■Tnrnp; spoken of was Edith 
4'^ Moomiiiff pale blush, early 
ha^t of 
f>|NPermill^„^ "ange-red or tomato- 
passin®"!®“?!.^“'1f®’>’ “orange-yel- 
shaped, and produced in compact clustero,” 
was brought out as its companion. 
Two more introductions in 1900 were the 
hybrid Bourbon rose, known as J. B. M. 
Camm, and Rugosa atropurpurea. The 
latter, heeides having aU the charac¬ 
teristics of the hardy Japanese family of 
the rugosas, was faitlifully word-sketched 
as: “Almost blackish-crimson, the blooms 
passing, as they open, to maroon-crimson, 
shaded with vivid colouring, and thence to 
vivid purple.” A hedge of this makes an 
almost unique feature for any garden, and 
branches are of great decorative service 
indoors. The former was a splendid ex¬ 
hibition rose, being “ opaque salinon-pink; 
double, thick-petalled; the. blooms are of 
first size, circular, and high-pointed, shaped 
somewhat like those of H.P. Duchess de 
Oaylus.” 
Four of Alexander Dickson and Son’s 
novelties for that year were Rosslyn, H.P., 
a delicate rosy-flesh sport from the well- 
known variety, Susanne Marie Rodocana- 
chi; Lady Clanmorris, a creamy-white 
H.T., with delicate salmon centre; Lady 
Roses, like statesmen and actors, have 
their reign, conferring benefits of profit and 
giving pleasure; roses, too, may possess 
the renown of poets and novelists, live for 
centuries; but success and fame with 
flowers, as with persons, can only be the 
reward of truly fine qualities. M. H. 
RHODODENDRON PINK 
PEARL. 
Probably no hardy rhododendron has 
achieved so large a measure of |X)pularity 
as Pink Pearl. It is a variety which caught 
the public fancy immediately the raisers 
prestmted it to public notice, and every¬ 
one fell under the fascination of its large 
flowers, ample trusses, and exquisite pink 
colouring. Small wonder, then, that it is 
so largely grown, and such a general 
favourite, both at home, on the Continent, 
and in America. Numerous illustrations of 
this rhododendron have appeared in these 
columns, and now another is given repre¬ 
RHODODENDRON PINK PEARL, 
In the gardens at Ken View, Highgate. 
Mary Corry, a deep golden-yellow tea rose; 
and Liberty, brilliant velvety-crimson. 
Richmond is commonly called the improved 
Liberty, but for decorative purposes, out 
of doors or in, it is to be questioned if the 
older rose is not vastly the better, as being 
much more prolific and graceful. Rosslyn 
is scarcely ever met with, but the H.T. 
and the T., among these four, continue de¬ 
servedly prominent. 
Two teas of remarkable shadings, 
brought into notice in 1900, were Souvenir 
de William Robinson, a welcomed and 
unique colour blend to-day also, and the 
nearly-forgotten Madame Louis Poncet, 
that was “nasturtium-red, base of petals 
ooppery-rose, large, full, of good shape, fine 
for massing.” It seems strange that this 
is not yet among our most popular roses 
if it was entitled to such high praise. 
Other roses of that important year were 
Ma Tulipe, H.T.; flowers, deep crimson, 
semi-double, with large stiff petals like a 
tulip, fine for cutting, growth very vigo¬ 
rous; and the H.T. Monsieur Bunel, rosy- 
peach, yellow, and bright rose. 
senting a specimen in the gardens of Ken 
View, Highgate, the residence of F. W. 
Platt, Esq. Mr. C. Turner, the gardener, 
tells us that this plant carried one hundred 
and eighteen trusses of bloom this year, 
and was a lovely picture that will long 
be remembered. 
>Eschynanthus Lobbianus. — 
This is one of the earliest members of the 
genus, and a very pretty subject for a hang¬ 
ing basket in the stove. The long, slender 
shoots, which hang down for a considerable 
distance, are clothed with small, ovate, deep 
green leaves. The flowers, which are freely 
home from the axils thereof, are tubular iu 
shape and deep scarlet in colour. In this 
species the flowers protrude from a compara¬ 
tively large thimble-shaped calyx. These 
aischynantbuses, which are, for the most 
part, natives of the islands of the Malayan 
Archipelago, occur principally as epiphytes, 
so that they do not require a large mass of 
soil around the roots. Fibrous loam, peat, 
and sphagnum moss, with a little sand, will 
suit them well.—S. W. 
