. The Twelve "Best" Hardy Garden ROS ES. The twelve varieties listed below have been offered under this heading with a view of supplying the amateur, who is not familiar with the various varieties, and to whom a selection from the long list of Hybrid Perpetuals must necessarily prove confusing, as a collection which combines as varied a range of color as can be brought together in such a number of plants, with freedom of flowering, perfect form, fragrance, hardiness and general excellence. The plants offered are exceptionally heavy two- year-old stock, which will under ordinary condi
. The Twelve "Best" Hardy Garden ROS ES. The twelve varieties listed below have been offered under this heading with a view of supplying the amateur, who is not familiar with the various varieties, and to whom a selection from the long list of Hybrid Perpetuals must necessarily prove confusing, as a collection which combines as varied a range of color as can be brought together in such a number of plants, with freedom of flowering, perfect form, fragrance, hardiness and general excellence. The plants offered are exceptionally heavy two- year-old stock, which will under ordinary conditions give a full crop of flowers this season ; and while their main crop is produced in June, they frequently produce fine flowers throughout the summer and autumn. The cultural hints given on page 141 should assist the amateur in getting out the lar- gest measure of success from these plants. Anna de Diesbach. Clear, bright carmine-pink, very large, full and finely shaped ; fragrant and a free bloomer. Baron de Bonstetten. Velvety blackish crimson ; very large, double, fragrant flowers; a strong grower. Baroness Rothschild. A superb Rose, of pale, satiny-rose; very large. Frau Karl Druschki. This is the ideal hardy white Rose, pure in color, perfect in form ; strong grower and remarkably free- flowering; superb in every way. General Jacqueminot. Brilliant scarlet-crimson; an old favorite and one of the best known Roses in cultivation ; does well everywhere. Qloire Lyonnaise. White, tinted with yellow; large, full and of good shape ; very distinct and pleasing. riagna Charta. Bright pink, suffused with carmine ; a beau- tiful Rose ; strong, vigorous grower. Mrs. R. Q. Sharman Crawford. Deep rosy-pink, outer petals shaded with pale flesh. A beautiful Rose in every respect. Mrs. John Laing. Soft pink, of beautiful form; exceedingly fragrant and remarkably free-flowering. Always does well and stands very close to the top among fine Roses. Paul Neyron. Dark rose, of enormous size;
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