TWELVE BEST ROSES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18233, 18 November 1924, Page 5

TWELVE BEST ROSES.

A MELBOURNE PLEBISCITE. The Melbourne "Argus" invited its readers thisi year to state which they considered the best twelve roses in cultivation. In announcing the result . the "Argus 5 ' said: Several letters ' have been received suggesting thatwhen another plebiscite is taken there should be a separate list for climbers. In the first twelve all but Golden Emblem, Sunny South, and Red Letter Day are obtainable as climbers. They also have the free-flowering habit of the bush varieties. Sunny South: aiid Red Letter Day are so vigorous that they could be used as pillar roses or for hedge-making. The voters number 538, and votes were recorded for 293 distinct varieties. _ Following is the final result of the voting:— First Twelve. Mme Abel Ghatenay ... 391 Golden Emblem ... 355 Mme Edouard Herriot ... 341 Chateau de Clos Vougeot 340 . Frau Earl Druschki ... 294 , Mrs Herbert Stevens ... 274 Ladv Hillingdon 273 Sunny South ... 267 Miss Marion Manifold 241 General Macarthur 229 Ophelia Red Letter Day 153 Second Twelve^ Belle Siebrecht Lyon Rose ... 116 ' Mrs Bryce Allan —. 109 White Mam an Ooehet Sunburst -• 93 Hadley , La France ... Isobel Black Bov Los Angeles ... '•> Sirs A. R. Waddell ... -0 K. of K. ... ~ 69 Third Twelve. Lady Battersea K. A. Victoria _S3 Mme Segond Weber ~ 63 Joseph Hill ... ... 60 C. V. Haworth 54 Pink Maman Cociiet Gorgeous George Dickson ... 48 Hoosier «. 40 Mrs David McKfi© Laorent Carlo ... ... 35 Irish Fireflame