Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them (1922) (14586383150)

Identifier: rosegardeninghow00hamp (find matches)

Title: Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: Hampden, Mary. (from old catalog)

Subjects: Rose culture. (from old catalog)

Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the properties a rose must havewere given thus by the famous authority, Glenny : I. The petals should be thick, broad and smooth at theedges. 2. The flower should be highly perfumed, or as the dealerscall it, fragrant. 3. The flower should be double to the centre, high on thecrown, and regular in the disposition of the petals. Now, Merveille de Lyon and Frau Karl Druschki are bothwhite roses, fully entitled to the description double or full,yet they are striking contrasts, the former being flat, thelatter deep and pointed. Each is lovely, so let us have themnear together, as an interesting object-lesson. The lover of large full roses should add some, at least, ofthe following to his collection :— Cleveland. Reddish copper on Sir Rowland Hill. Mulberry old rose. claret. George Dickson. Crimson. Victor Hugo. Crimson-red. Gorgeous. Orange-yellow, flushed Gloire de Margottin. Brilliant with reddish copper. red. Pride of Waltham. Pale sal- Hugh Dickson. Scarlet-shaded mon-pink. crimson.

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MADAME EDOUARD HERRIOTT (The Daily Mail /v/J.5..) GREAT FULL ROSES 49 Marchioness of Ormonde. Hy-brid Tea. Straw yellow,with carmine shading on reverseof petals. Lady Dixon. Hybrid -Tea.Apricot-salmon. Candeur Lyonnaise. White. Louis Crette. A Druschhi-likewhite rose, just shaded withstraw. Hugh Watson. Crimson, flushed with carmine.Mrs. George Marriott. Hybrid Tea. Cream, flushed rose and vermilion.Mrs. Dunbar-Buller. Hybrid Tea. Rosy carmine on yellow.Senorita Carmen Sert. Hybrid Tea. Indian yellow with pale carmine-pink.Nellie Parker. Hybrid Tea. Creamy white, flushed with faint-est pink. There are others, of course, and by the time the rose-loverpossesses these, the collectors zest will be so strong in himthat he will be sure to search high and low for more great fullroses. Hybrid Teas are first favourites with the public ; there isno doubt about that.New varieties come outby the score annually,and connoisseurs areannoyed because manyof the new bear sostrong a resemblance tothe ol

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