. HYBRID-TEA ROSES FOR FALL PLANTING MERITORIOUS RECENT INTRODUCTIONS AND GENERAL LIST OF BEST VARIETIES—Continued Ophelia. A variety which has made such a record for itself that qualifies it to be classed with the very best, a Rose that is ad- mired by everyone; its flowers are held erect on long stiff stems, are of perfect form, good size, and of a most pleasing delicate tint of salmon-flesh, shaded with rose, very floriferous. Padre. Most attractive and novel in coloring, with long petals of a coppery scarlet flushed with yellow at the base. Growth strong and upright and exceedingly free-fl
. HYBRID-TEA ROSES FOR FALL PLANTING MERITORIOUS RECENT INTRODUCTIONS AND GENERAL LIST OF BEST VARIETIES—Continued Ophelia. A variety which has made such a record for itself that qualifies it to be classed with the very best, a Rose that is ad- mired by everyone; its flowers are held erect on long stiff stems, are of perfect form, good size, and of a most pleasing delicate tint of salmon-flesh, shaded with rose, very floriferous. Padre. Most attractive and novel in coloring, with long petals of a coppery scarlet flushed with yellow at the base. Growth strong and upright and exceedingly free-flowering. Patience. Splendid long pointed buds of a deep scarlet carmine opening to large fragrant double perfect blooms that shade from orange at the base of the petals to rich carmine at the edges. It is of strong robust habit and extremely free flowering for a Rose of its size. Pink Pearl. In color a brilliant rich cerise pink the base of the petals touched with gold that lights up the flower wonderfully. The flowers are full double, of perfect form, delightfully sweet- scented and produced profusely. President Jac Smits. For brilliancy in color, a rich velvety crimson-scarlet, exceptionally long pointed buds of ideal shape, produced most generously, we know of no other variety that is its equal, but having only 18 to 20 petals, the flowers expand very quickly, showing the golden stamens, but even in its fully expanded form its brilliancy of color is unequaled by any other variety. Radiance. An ideal bedding Rose of American origin that con- tinues to produce its large fragrant flowers throughout the most unfavorable hot summer weather when frequently many other varieties fail; in color a brilliant carmine-pink, with salmon-pink and yellow shadings at the base of the petals; truly a Rose for every garden. Red Radiance. A counterpart of Radiance from which it is a "sport," possessing all the good traits of that valuable variety but differing in color which is a bri
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