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Pink Section

This class comprises the largest of all colors, but many are so similar that it is not necessary to include any but the best and most distinct which have stood out here and also with other growers in different sections of the country. In this connection Lady Ashtown is omitted because this rose has not tested well either on Multiflora or Briar. Grossherzog Friedrich is a lighter salmon pink and Frau Margrethe Moller is a darker salmon pink, and both far exceed Ashtown in blooming; but if unable to secure these newer roses, Ashtown is suggested.

Madame Maurice de Luze and La France are most distinct in perfume. For beauty of cut flowers Lady Alice Stanley, Madame Segond Weber and Mrs.

George Shawyer are recommended; but this whole class is an all-round one, and practically all the roses in it are useful to a great extent for cutting.

RADIANCE; Hybrid Tea; John Cook, 1912. Light silver flesh to salmon pink.

Novelty....... In fragrance, growth and blooming qualities. Color..... Not of the clearest, and tends to blue slightly. Fragrance.

Lasting...

Shape..

Substance.

Petallage Size..

Blooming.

Hardiness.

Foliage.

Fair to strong.

Color quite good; fragrance endures; form good.

Only fair; bud not long and pointed; flower does not open well. ..Very good. .....

Perfect.

Above medium.

May and June 15; July 21; August 2; September 10; October and late 3; total 51.

Canes living 8 to 18 inches above ground level in the spring.

Slightly susceptible to mildew and spot.