



George Arends. H. Perpetual. (1910.) A symmetrical but lusty plant, 
blooming mostly in singles—very large, double, beautifully formed, with a unique 
crinkle to the petals. Its coloring we find only in our prime favorite, Mrs. John 
Laing—delicate China Rose or Mauve Pink—a tone which appears to have been 
lost in modern roses. Free and constant flowering—among the very best of our 
hybrid perpetuals—rare fragrance. 1.50 
Georges Vibert.  Gallica (1853.) One of the most interesting of the 
varigated Gallicas, deep magenta-rose, striped white. Funny how many visitors 
first stop to express disapproval of these unique, striped old roses, only to return and 
look again, with pencil and pad in hand. 1.75 
Giant of Battles. (Geant des Battailes.) H.P. (1846.) After viewing 
our display plants this spring, we recorded—“Certainly no fighting giant at this 
inspection, for either war or peaceful pursuits,” but then he had been toying with our 
California gophers, who are not fame-conscious. On viewing this Goliath later in our 
growing fields, we can understand why he rates among the famous old roses. Deep 
fiery crimson; powerfully fragrant. 1.50 
Gloire de Chedane Guinoisseau. H. Perpetual (1907.) Yes, we 
know, you don’t like the name, and think it should be distributed over a couple of 
additional varieties. But ‘“‘a rose is a rose is a rose’—name not withstanding. Fiery 
crimson-red blooms, richly fragrant and lots of them spring and fall. Says Roy Shep- 
herd—“If this plant had a more appealing name it would rank with Druschki and 
General Jacqueminot among the best of the Hybrid Perpetuals. In plant habit, foliage, 
color, form, fragrance and productivity it is GOOD!” 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— 
“I 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. | 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 | make daily obeisance, because in passing into my church, | must duck 
to preserve my 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 im every potnt for wall, arcade, pillar, 
standard, dwarf, en masse or singly.” The good Dean leaves us nothing more to say, 
except the price. 2.00 
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