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Hybrid Perpetuals

This class gives large beautiful flowers on long stalwart stems, most attractive as cut flowers; some varieties are fragrant; but we have no yellow Hybrid Perpetual of merit.

There is no perfectly hardy yellow rose for the extreme North which compares in form with the Hybrid Perpetuals. Harry Kirk is the hardiest of the good yellows, but not hardy enough to stand the extreme Northern winters. The old Austrian Briars are very hardy, but their flowers are single and they bloom only for a short period in the spring. It would seem that some of the recent introductions in Hybrid Austrian Briars (Pernetianas) might do well in this section. Perhaps the best to try would be Soleil d'Or, a cross between the old Persian Yellow and a Hybrid Perpetual. This rose does not kill back at all near Philadelphia. While not of perfect form, it is large and double, and of most attractive color; and has been added to the Hybrid Perpetual list. In addition, four Hybrid Teas with Hybrid Perpetual characteristics have been included.

The best of the Hybrid Perpetuals for fall bloom are: Captain Hayward, Frau Karl Druschki, Margaret Dickson, Mrs. John Laing, Paul Neyron, Oskar Cordel and Urania, although Frau Karl Druschki and Oskar Cordel are the only ones which may be depended upon.

The list given covers the best roses of the main shades, but the class contains over fifty well-known varieties.

BARONESS ROTHSCHILD; Pernet, 1867.

Pale rose.

CAPTAIN HAYWARD; Bennett, 1893.

Scarlet crimson. Perfumed.

FISHER HOLMES; E. Verdier, 1865.

Deep velvety crimson.

FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI; Lambert, 1900.

Snow white, sometimes lightest pink blush at center. GEOFFREY HENSLOW; Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1912.

Orange crimson; classed as a Hybrid Tea, but with Hybrid Perpetual characteristics. Sweet.

GEORGE ARENDS; Hinner, 1910.

Delicate rose. Scented.

GLOIRE DE CHEDANE GUINOISSEAU; Guinoisseau & Chedane, 1908. Bright vermilion red, shaded velvet. Very large.

GLOIRE LYONNAISE; Guillot, 1884.

Very pale lemon; wonderful foliage, and except in the extreme North may be grown as a pillar or hedge rose; small to mediumsized flowers; never develops seed pods; classed as a Hybrid Tea, but with Hybrid Perpetual characteristics. Tea fragrance. HON. INA BINGHAM; Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1905.

Silver pink; semi-double; classed as a Hybrid Tea, but with Hybrid Perpetual characteristics.

J. B. CLARK; Hugh Dickson, 1905.

Deep scarlet, shaded blackish crimson; classed as a Hybrid Tea, but with Hybrid Perpetual characteristics. Fragrant. MADAME GABRIEL LUIZET; Liabaud, 1877.

Light silvery pink.

MARGARET DICKSON; Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1891.

White, pale flesh center.

MERVEILLE DE LYON; Pernet, 1882. (Syn. White Baroness.) White, center slightly peach.

MRS. GEORGE DICKSON; Bennett, 1884.

Delicate soft pink. Do not confound with George Dickson. Fragrant.

MRS. JOHN LAING; Bennett, 1887.

Soft pink. Fragrant.

MRS. R. G. SHARMAN CRAWFORD; Alex. Dickson & Sons, 1894. Deep rosy pink-outer petals shaded with pale flesh.

OSKAR CORDEL; Lambert, 1897.

Bright carmine. Sweet.