
RoceER LAMBELIN—‘‘So DIFFERENT” 
R. Soulieana. West China. If we were asked to decide our favorite mass- 
blooming single white rose, it would be hard to choose between the Musk varieties 
and Soulieana. Soulie is much more amenable in growth habit, however, hence 
ideal for pillars, or more limited spaces than the Musk requires. And besides—no 
further question about it—Mrs. Lester has again made her point— it does repeat 
its June bloom—and very pretty it is! 
“It was the young leaf growth that first appealed to us, the soft grey-green unlike 
anything in the garden—then the ambitious way this little bush started for the sky. 
And now its clusters of purest white with golden stamens. Our dainty, refined 
Soulie is backed by the crimson giant, Thor ...it may sound weird but they emphasize 
and complement each other.” —James H. Hanscom, Elmhurst, Long Island, New York. 
Thanks, Mr. Hanscom. As I viewed your lovely Long Island country this spring, with 
its lush green fields, fine old houses and miles of rail fences, I thought many times 
how beautiful would be Soulieana and similar types of mass blooming roses, planted 
here and there to enliven the greenness and shout that “Spring is at hand!” 2.00 
Rose A Parfum del’Hay. —_H. Rugosa. (1903.) The Damask Rose and 
the famous General Jacqueminot are in its parentage, and account for the enormous 
blooms and wonderful fragrance. Foliage is rugose from the other side of the family, 
and plant is robust and free blooming. Says Bunyard in ‘“‘Old Garden Roses”—"* I do 
not know any more richly scented rose than the Rugosa Parfum de VHay. A con- 
tralto scent in contrast with the Tea’s soprano.” The color is cherry-red. 
At long last, we may have enough to go’round. 1.50 
Rose des Peintres.  Centifolia. (Ancient.) Says friend Neville Miller, 
Palmerton, Pa.—‘‘One of the healthiest and most vigorous varieties in our garden, 
with an unmodified and really intense old-rose odor. Flowers are large, many 
petalled and have a shining pink color which deepens toward the center.” This is 
the rose model of the old Dutch painters, rated among our finest old-world varieties. 
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