GENERAL JACQUEMINOT, CONTINUED— 
Says Dean Hole, in his “Book About Roses,” 1865—"General Jacqueminot, for so 
many summers THE rose of our gardens, is still a glory and a grace, its petals, soft 
and smooth as velvet, glowing with vivid crimson, and its growth being free and 
healthful. I well remember the time when we welcomed this conquering hero, in 
his brilliant uniform, as being invincible.” 2.00 
George Arends. H. Perpetual. (1910.) This is the soft pink form of the 
famous Frau Karl Druschki, with all the good Frau’s virtues, and unlike her, is 
richly perfumed. Repeats its bloom for us, and rates among our best Hybrid Per- 
petuals. Supply limited until next season. | 1.75 
Gloire de Chedane Guinoisseau. H. Perpetual. (1907.) A strong, up- 
right plant to about three feet, producing intermittently, very large, cupped double 
blooms of live rose-pink with us—crimson-red in different localities. The originator 
might have been kinder when he named it, otherwise rates with the best. 1.50 
Gloire de Dijon. Climbing Tea. (1853.) ‘Sunset hues in its heart” nicely 
says Dr. McFarland, but for real enthusiasm, we must quote once again from Dean 
Hole, in 1865— 
“TI obey at once the legate of my Queen. I lose no time in stating that the best 
Climbing Rose with which I am acquainted is that which has just announced itself, 
Gloire de Dijon, commonly classed with the Tea scented China Roses, but more 
closely resembling the Noisette family in its robust growth and hardy constitution. 
Planted against a wall having a southern or eastern aspect, it grows, when once 
fairly established, with a wonderful luxuriance. 1 have just measured a lateral on 
one of my plants, and of the last year’s growth, and found it to be 19 feet in length, 
and the bole of another at the base to be nearly ten inches in circumference. The 
latter grows on the chancel wall of my church, and has often had three hundred 
flowers upon it in full and simultaneous bloom; nor will the reader desire to arraign 
me for superstitious practices before a judicial committee when he hears that to 
this Rose I make daily obeisance, because in passing into my church, I must duck 
to preserve nry eyesight. Its flowers are the earliest and latest; it has symmetry, size, 
endurance, colour, fine tints—buff, yellow, orange, fawn, salmon, and perfume! 
It is what cricketers call an ‘all-rounder,’ good in every point for wall, arcade, pillar, 
standard, dwarf, en masse or singly.” The good Dean leaves us nothing more to 
say, except the price. . 2.00 
Green Rose. (1856.) Whenever we book an order for this rose, (and per- 
haps more are ordered than any other) we are fearful lest our good customer may be 
expecting something in form and substance like Crimson Glory, except in sea-foam 
green or Chinese Jade. Certainly this rose is an interesting novelty—‘‘the April fool 
> says Mrs. Newman, patly; but for beauty, it has only “‘ugh!” Its flowers 
are no flowers at all but a strange and quite unexplained freak of foliage; the buds 
open to double leaf green “‘flowers,” edged with bronze. If you seek something “‘dif- 
ferent,” here it is. 1.75 
rose,’ 
Gruss An Coburg. H. Tea. (1927.) An offspring of a famous parent, 
Souvenir de Claudius Pernet, from which it gets its rich yellow tones, shaded in 
varying coppers and browns. Large, double, very fragrant. Strong vigorous plant 
with bronze foliage, and steady blooming habit. 1.50 
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