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ROSES. 
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_. . fWO NEW ROSES. 
RICHMOND AND ROSALIND ORR 
. ENGLISH. —. +. 
We present herewith illustrations of the 
. G. Hill Company's new roses, Richmond 
and Rosalind Orr English. The following 
particulars concerning . the -new-comers 
have been kindly supplied by the origina- 
tors: ine aid ; 
“Richmond is doing elegantly, growing 
and blooming as well as heart could wish. 
It is a seedling from Liberty and Lady 
Battersea, its most remarkable virtue be- 
ner at the Tudiancpolis Show last year, and 
the donor of the premium was allowed the 
privilege of naming it. It is being over- 
shadowed by Richmond, but is none the 
less a ramarkable and valuable rose. The 
color is much lke that of a bright Mis. 
Lawson carnation ; what might be deserib- 
ed as a scarlet pink. ‘It is exquisite in 
form, very double, and has a nice way of 
throwing up canes of good length and stiff- 
ness; but plants must be well established 
to do this. It is a fine keeper, and ‘ever 
in the full-blown state, when it reflexes its 
petals, it 1s a most effective rose in any de- 
coration. It i¢aseedling from Mme. Abel 
Chatenay.” 
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NEW ROSE, ROSALIND ORR ENGLISH. 
ing its freedom of bloom, combined with 
a fine long stem, a pure scarlet crimson. 
color that does not “blue’ when cut, and 
of a texture that makes it very lasting. It 
has never shown the least tendency to go 
dormant in midwinter, but is as respon- 
sive to treatment as Bride or Bridesmaid, 
and is quite as easy to root, and grafts 
az readily. It is a delightful sensation to 
step into the house and meet a profusion 
of bloom and the fragrance of a June morn- 
ing. One of the variety’s strong ‘commer- 
cial’ points is its shipping quality, as 1b 
can be cut very tight, like American 
Beauty, and will open on arrival. 
“Rosalind Orr English was the prize win- 
ROSE FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI 
ELP.) 
The marvellous results obtained by eross- 
fertilization become more manifest each. 
succeeding year. Herr Lambert, of Trier, 
Germany, is to be congratulated upon the 
production of this splendid Rose. It must 
prove of great value both as a cut flower 
and for garden decoration. It is magnifi- 
cent in form in the half-expanded state, 
but is not excessively double, for in this 
case the full-blown blossoms open outi like 
a huge semi-double Peony. It is the snowy 
purity of the blossoms that gives the Rose 
its chief value. Hitherto we had no large- 
flowered Hybrid Perpetual so pure in color. 
RALIAN GARDESER, 
_ February 1, 1905. 
Ft is really remarkable that the variety is 
such a dazzling white, for one would ex- 
pect a. seedling from Mer'veille de Lyon and 
Caroline Testout to have a shading of blusts 
or pink.” The only color ‘perceptible is om 
the outer petals of the buds, which are 
tinted rosy-pink, but when the high-cen- 
tred half-open’ flower is developed it is of 
the purest white. It is a splendid grower, 
maiden plants making shoots each 4 ftor 
5 ft: long, and it appears to be thoroughly 
perpetual, as every shoot shows a bud. Frau 
Karl Druschki will be a grand pot: Rosey 
andithe fine long stems which are produced 
will add further to its usefulness. There 
ate few Roses but possess some defect, and 
it is only right to mention the fact of an 
utter want of fragrance in this Rose.» E 
prefer fragrance in. a Rose to any cther 
quality, but T cannot shut my eyes to the 
usefulness and beauty of some of those that. 
are deficient of this attribute.—Rosa. 
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE FRAU 
KARL DRUSCHKI. — 
‘This is probably the finest white Rose Tee 
cultivation. “The growth of the plant i 
strong and sturdy, ‘flowering at- every 
shoot; and after the first flush is over #6 
immediately makes a second growth, whiels 
in turn flowers abundantly, and with fine 
weather in late autumn even a third crop 
of blooms may be anticipated. The Rose is 
pure white, but in the very young bud 
state a slight splash of blush is noticed om 
the outside petals. This entirely disappears 
as the flower expands, and when in the 
three-quarter expanded form (the most per 
feet phase of its possible beauty) no Rose 
isso white or more exquisitely shaped. The 
pétals are of great substance, consequently 
of good lasting power, ever growing larger 
and more rounded as the flower develops. 
The plant requires a little attention in the . 
way of disbudding, as it is prone to flower 
almost too abundantly. The clusters of buds 
should be thinned in order tint individuaF 
flowers may have sufficient rocin to oper 
and develop without injuring cach other. 
This variety received an award of merits 
from the floral committee of the Royak 
Horticultural Socicty, London, when exhi— 
bited by Benjamin R. Cant & Sons, the Old 
Rose Gardens, Colchester. 
ROSE JEANNIE DICKSON (H.P.} 
The old and formerly popular Victor 
Verdier must submit to being ousted fron 
our collection in favor of the aboye-name& 
Rose. It is a splendid bold flower, huge 
petals, and of a most pleasing color, rosy~ 
pink with silvery shading. ‘The petals, 
being so stout, can withstand rain to # 
greater degree than many Roses, and om 
this account it is useful. It is of a mucle 
better habit of growth than Victor Ver- 
dier, and it makes an excellent companion 
to vigorous H.P. Roses of the type of Mrs. 
John Laing, Ulrich Brunner, &c. I hope 
raisers will not-go on sending us scentless 
Roses, for, however splendid they are, they 
do not fully satisfy. Unfortunately, Jean 
