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Rosa (To the species and varieties)
To the species and varieties described on pp. 319-25, Vol. III., the following should now be added:
R. Godefroyae (Godefroy's). fl. white, large; sepals longer than the buds; petals numerous. l., leaflets five to seven, shining, dark green. Persia, 1886. A compact, glabrous bush; probably a garden variety. Hybrid Perpetual Roses.
The large numbers of this section of garden and exhibition Roses annually introduced from the Continent necessitate very careful selection. The following are the best and most recent additions:
AVOCAT DUVIVIER, crimson-purple; BARONESS NATHANIEL DE ROTHSCHILD, silvery-pink; BOILDIEU, bright cherry-rose; BOULE DE NEIGE, pure white; CHARLES LEFEBVRE, bright, shaded crimson; DR. SEWELL, crimson-scarlet; DUC DE MONTPENSIER, bright red; DUCHESS OF ALBANY, deep, clear pink; DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, velvety crimson; ELIE MOREL, rosy-lilac; FLORENCE PAUL, scarlet-crimson; FRANCOIS LOUVAT, crimson, shaded lilac; GRAND MOGUL, rich crimson, deep scarlet shade; JOHN BRIGHT, rich, glowing crimson; LE HAVRE, vermilion; LORD DUFFERIN, crimson, shaded maroon; MADAME EUGENE VERDIER, bright, pleasing rose; MADAME MARIE VERDIER, bright satin rose; MARY BENNETT, rosy-cerise; MISS HASSARD, pink; MRS. JOHN LAING, soft pink; MRS. LAXTON, bright rosy-crimson; PENELOPE MAYO, carmine-red; PRIDE OF WALTHAM, delicate flesh, with rose shade; PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE, rosy-flesh; ROYAL STANDARD, satiny rose; SILVER QUEEN, silvery-blush, centre shaded pink; SIR GARNET WOLSELEY, rich vermilion; THE PURITAN, fully-opened flowers pure white; VILLARET DE JOYEUSE, shaded rose; VIOLET BOUYER, delicate pink. Tea-scented Roses.
ALBA ROSEA, white, peach-coloured centre; COMTESSE PANISSE, coppery-rose, tinged yellow; FRANCISCA KRUGER, salmon-yellow; GRACE DARLING, creamy, tinted pink; LE MONT BLANC, pure white; MADAME AJELIE IMBERT, yellowish-salmon; MADAME CHARLES, apricot; MADAME CUSIN, rose, yellow base; MISS EDITH GIFFORD, creamy-white; MISS ETHEL BROWNLOW, salmon-pink; MONS. FURTADO, clear yellow; PRESIDENT, pale rose; PRINCESS BEATRICE, yellow with deeper centre; THE BRIDE, creamy-white.
Hybrid Tea Roses.
MADAME JOSEPH DESBOIS, white, salmon centre; REINE MARIE HENRIETTE, reddish-crimson; WALTHAM CLIMBER No. 3, crimson.
Noisette Roses.
BEAUTY OF GLAZENWOOD, buff, striped crimson; BOUQUET D'OR, yellow, darker centre; CLAIRE CARNOT, coppery-yellow; JAMES SPRUNT, crimson.