COUPE D HEBE— So delicate: and Keautiful:. 2" 
COUPE d’HEBE. Hybrid Bourbon. (1840.) (Koop-day-bay.) 4 - 6 feet. 
Rivers, in his ‘Rose Amateur’s Guide,’ London, 1843, has these enthus- 
iastic comments—‘Among Hybrid Bourbon roses we have two or three of recent 
introduction surpassingly beautiful; and to no rose can this term be applied with 
more justice than Coupe d’Hebe. In habit most robust, with foliage glossy, sub- 
evergreen and abundant; flowers large, and most perfect in shape, with petals thick 
and wax-like; colour delicate pink, changing to blush. So delicate and beautiful 
is this rose that no description can do justice to it.” 
Is there anymore we could say? 2.00 
CORNELIA, H..Musk> 1925.) 6 -.8 feet. 
Blooms throughout the season, in pyramid-shaped rosette trusses . . 
blends of copper, apricot and pink. Rated among the best four snub 
roses of England. “All the colorful gaiety of happy children, in its bright 
dancy buds and rosette blooms,’ says Hortense Wild. 
Between Mrs. Wild, Honorable Secretary, and the National Rose Society, 
afraid the cataleg-writer is going to like this rose. 
Summer 1954. He does! Herds 
CRAMOISI DES ALPES. Gallica. (1838.) 4-5 feet. (Kra-mwaw-zee 
day Zahlp.) I do not expect you to share all my enthusiasm for the 
roses listed herein .. . but I shall not describe this variety, except to say 
it is included in the catalog-writer’s six favorite roses out of some 200 old- 
type varieties. Want to gamble $2 on my judgment? “Certainly not,” 
you say... sorry, read on, friend. 
Summer 1954. "We have entered Cramoisi des Alpes twice in rose-shows to 
win top awards and much acclaim.”—Aulton B. Smith, Charlotte, N. C. 2.00 
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