are 
January 1, 1908 
ce a 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA. 
ere 
desirable to be prepared at all times to 
fight insects and diseases. 
The varieties of roses that will be most 
profitable will depend to a large extent 
upon the character of the market as well 
as upon the character of the soil avai'able 
for growing them in. To be profitable, a 
variety hould have a good constitution ; 
it should be a vigorous grower, with strong 
upright stems; the foliage should be of 
rich color and good substance, and free 
from any tendency to disease ; the flowers 
should be large and single on the stems, 
of a clear color, and in the case of the red 
sorts without any tendency to turn purple. 
They should be double enough not to 
show the centre, and the plants should 
have a long and steady season of flower- 
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ing. Among the varieties that are most 
commonly grown are Bride, Perle des 
Jardins, Catherine Mermet, and American 
Beauty. To these should be added Mad. 
Caroline Testout, Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 
toria, Bridesmaid, Mrs W. OC. Whitney, 
President Carnot, and Meteor, of more 
recent introduction, which are fast coming 
into favor. 
Ameriean Beauty has no rival in its 
class, and its flowers are always in demand 
at good prices, Its flowers are rather 
small in summer and the petals soon take 
on a purple color, but when well :rown it 
is a grand rose. Many growers who are 
successful with most sorts fail with this 
variety, which will only succeed with the 
very best of care. It needs a strong stiff 
soil and a temperature at as near sixty 
degrees as can be secured. 
Bride is the favorite white variety. It 
also needs a rather heavy soil, and should 
be started early. The temperature for this 
sort is fifty-six degrees or a little below. 
With close attention to ventilation this 
is a very desirable sort. 
Mermet was for many years the beat 
pink variety, but the fact that it is of a 
very light color during the dark days of 
: winter, and like the Bride, which is a 
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sport from it, quite subject to mildew, 
has lessened its popularity. 1t requires 
the same care as the Bride, and. if given a 
low temperature at night, careful ventila- 
tion during the day, and if sheltered from 
cold draughts of air, it is still a-desirable 
sort. 
Bridesmaid, a recent candidate for a 
place in the list of commercial varieties, 
isa little deeper pink than Mermet, and 
has the marked advantages of holding its 
color and being comparatively free from 
the attack of mildew. Wherever it has 
been planted it is the most popular pink 
sort, and itis rapidly supplanting Mermet. 
It thrives at a medium temperature. 
Testout is another variety with large 
flowers of a pure pink color. It is rather 
particular as to soil and care, and although 
a fair variety for winter when well grown, 
it.is too single for summer use. Valuable 
for the amateur. It should have not less 
than sixty degrees and it likes a yellow 
loam soil. 
Meteor is one of the best red, ever- 
blooming roses, but to be successfully 
grown it should have a house where a 
temperature of at least sixty-three degrees 
can be given, while it vill luxuriate at 
sixty-five to sixty-eight. It is naturally 
quite likely to be attacked by mildew and 
red spider, unless great care is taken with 
the ventilation and syringing. 
Kaiserin is a good summer variety and 
has a long season of flowering, bnt is 
generally considered a failure as a variety 
for winter flowering, as it is likely to take 
on a greenish white color. 
Mrs W. C. Whitney is an early and a 
free flowering variety. It has an excel- 
lent foliage, is a vigorous grower and has 
long stems. Its flowers are large and 
full, and of a pure deep pink. 
Among the nider sorts that are still 
much grown are the Bon Silene and Papa 
Gontier, carmine; Sunset, a strong- 
growing buff variety, and Duchess of 
Albany 
(To -be continued). 
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