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Light Colored Section

There are many light-colored roses, and it is so difficult to know where they verge into the lighter pinks or lighter yellows that no arbitrary line can be drawn. The roses selected are placed in the order of personal preference.

The most beautiful of this class for cut flowers are Madame Jules Bouche, Ophelia, Souvenir du President Carnot, Antoine Rivoire and Mrs. Harold Brocklebank, although other roses are of fair enough form to do quite well in this respect. For garden decoration Madame Jules Bouche, Jacques Porcher and La Tosca, on account of their growth and number of blooms, excel. The perfume in light-colored roses is not as distinct as in the pinks and reds, the best being Ophelia.

MADAME JULES BOUCHE; Hybrid Tea; Croibier & Fils, 1911. Whitecenter shaded primrose or lightest blush-varies. Novelty....... In color, growth and blooming qualities. Color.

Fragrance Lasting..

Shape..

Substance Petallage Size.

Blooming Hardiness Clear and very attractive.

Mild.

Color good; fragrance brief; form almost perfect.

Good in bud and open flower.

Fair.

Perfect.

Medium, but varies.

May and June 11; July 22; August 7; Sept. 16; October and late 15; total 71.

Strong; canes living 8 to 12 inches above ground level in the spring.

Foliage Occasionally susceptible to mildew; seldom affected by spot.

Growth.

Exceptionally fine; tall and plenty of canes.

Stem..

Long, and fairly upright.

Plant. 24 inches.

Prune. 6 eyes.

Note.

Personal preference for best light-colored rose.

GRANGE COLOMBE; Hybrid Tea,; Guillot, 1912. Cream white with salmon yellow and fawn center.

Novelty....... In color and blooming.

Clear and most attractive.

Lasting....... Color good; fragrance brief; form good. Color.

Fragrance Mild.

Shape.

Bud almost perfect; open flower somewhat loose.

Substance Above the average.

Petallage.

Deficient.

Size.....

Blooming.

Hardiness.

Foliage.

Growth.

Well above medium.

May and June 9; July 15; August 9; September 14; October and late 8; total 55.

Strong; canes living 8 to 10 inches above ground level in spring.

Slightly susceptible to mildew and spot.

Sturdy and erect, with good number of canes.