SPRING ROSES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18407, 13 June 1925, Page 8

SPRING ROSES.

NEW VARIETIES. (FROM OTJB, OWN COBBEBPONBENT.) . liONDON, April 80. Aristocrats among the Rose Family 'were seen in profusion at the Royal Horticultural Hall. One has to remember that all of them have been brought forward under glass, but they indicate what the private grower may have in his own garden in the course, of a month or two.

From the prizewinners it is possible to see what blooms are still popular, or, if new, what are deemed worthy of notice. Two competitions were held for' table decoration, and it is interesting | to_ noto that in both cases the first I prizes were won with "Madamo Butlerfly." For decorative purposes tins magnificent salmon-pink bloom. continues in favour. A second prize was with a group of Melody roses. These are of a deep saffron yellow, wellformed blooms. Another second was awarded to the pure scarlet-red Richmond. _ "Madame Butterflv" scoretl again in third and fifth pnzes. while a third prize was taken with a group of Hoselandia. This is a new bloom °f a .fine yellow, a sport from "Golden or Nelie." It is an improvement on the original, being much larger in flower and deeper in colour. Among tho seedling class, prizes were taken by "Sensation," a new American rose of velvety crimson colour (priced at 3s 6d a plant),, by "Angela Pernet," a rich yellow flower of medium size, and by Templar. This last-men-tioned rose obtained the gold , medal for new blooms.- It is a ivery sweet red variety. White Ensign, a white flower, Hypatia, a pink hybrid tea, and "Barbara Robinson," a cream of medium size and well-formed blooms, were also prizewinners.

As one moved round the stands th© Toses which appealed to the eye more than the array of neighbouring blooms ™ "Lady Hillingdon," a rich yellow; Iv. of K.," a semi-smglo rose of intense scarlet; "Charles E. Shea," a fine rosepink, and the rich red Richmond. The absolutely pure white rose was represented best by "P. K. Drus■cliki." "Covent Garden" was most attractive. It is a rich deep* crimson with plum-back flushed on the reverse of petals, with wellformed flowers carried erect.