RECENT ROSE SHOWS.

Otaki Mail, 5 January 1920, Page 4

RECENT ROSE SHOWS.

♦ — ■> • , Writing in the Pahjttierston Standard, • one of the best know/U rosarians in the' North island says:— k '• Ihe xose shows to.r the season are practically over now,', .and a few notes oil the various bloom.) seen at the dit-fer-eni shows will be. • <;' iuterest to the ditferentr"growers.- Repeatedly we have been asked to nan../ :be hist- dozen for exhibition purposes, and have accordingly made out a list that includes this most successful flowers ;n the shows, j There have been very few of the. V-Wj ones exhibited consider in sj; the- number that are growing in gardens. £d;el was the most frequent . be.met w'ith; itis a white or cro-amj " bite, ynd is a bloom with a lot. of substantee in it, ' and will be heard oi again .'and again i where show blooms are ini demand. The Duchess of Abercorn Was another . that wa?, noticed on one <jr two oocaskms; it is a pretty bloom with a bright to:>e edging, and is a very/free grower, which will make it popular with most people. President Wiiaon is a good pink that will be seeo/ again j it is a. good grower, and thy® flower lasts well when it is cut. Dr/J. Drew is another that will eoino in/useful for showing. All these roses were new last yeari; several roses of/the year before were shown at variotns times. The best of them were Ctol. O. itzgerald, a very , bright red, ttoat keeps its colour.well, but is rather/on (the small side for most ■of the exhibitor. O. E. Shea is a rose that l/tas done well in England, and is onj that is going to do well ; here; t-heocolour is a bright rose pink 'That does/not fade, and the growth is : .ill that/can be 'desired. F. F. is r/ose that came put without any : flourish of trumpets, but is going to be one/of the 1 best for all purposes: the I .'iJioiii- is oanaty yellow fading to h'ght--j» as it- expands. At sora-e. stage of its iW&'-v every rose of this variety is perSect, and very often it is i>ossible to] get a flowe-r thai is much deeper in: "nlmiV-on tlie one side than it. is on the I other. T.ilifln Moore is a good bloom ; 7:.-tt i-- i;oing to stay in spite of the-raf-r. that some people think it is too ! small. The stiff shell-like petals stand up well, and it is one of the best last- i ing floT.'e:' l - that has been sent out for somp. timp. T.o> Angelos is rt. bloom that we bar.-, noticed before, and familiarity has given an added charm to it. The colour is grand, and is better than the ol le-r rose that it was put up to supersede, the Lyon rose. Miss Wilmott i.s n ro.se that has come to stay with us for n very long time: this season it has I pprcrrd ."bampious to its cre<lit. and ! it is likely to fret a lot of other? before I something else comes to take its place ; j tb,-. colour is soft sulphur cream, with j .inst a dash of pink on the top of the I petals, giving it a refinement that is 9 not held by many roses. It must be I included in the best twelve, which we Shave picked, as follow?: Hedley (red), S Hash TMckson (red), Miss Wilmott I (cream sulphur). Jonkheer J. Tv. Mock I (carmine inside, reverse shell pinkl, I Georgeous (orange yellow, veined redI di=b copper). Mrs Geo. Rbawyer (clear rose). Pbnrisaer (white shade« 3 with salmon.'. Alex. Hill Gray (lemon yellow). Coronation <pink\. Fran Karl Drusichki (white - ). Mrh. Mac-kellar (delicate canary'r. and EdgaT M. Burnett- (flesh ! tinted rose). We do not say that these' lire the bes' for nil purposes, but we I (laim that they are as good tor showing as the rest. In the decorative' -■'•li'.ti there ac an entirely different lot tliat would get our award, and the.-.e roses have to be fret- growing, and blooming, besides having the colours that are appreciated for decorative work as well as for beautifying , the garden. The first of these is one j that everybody would vote for, and that i- Red Letter Day: the next is I perhaps Irish Elegance, or Irish Fire Flame, closely followed by Old Gold. By the way there is a new one that is going to step in hero sooner or later, i and that is Lamin ; it is called an im- j proved Old Gold, and it-well merits , the name. Mice. E. Herriott is an-i other beautiful garden rose, anil a J sport from it is amongst, those that axe worth growing, and that is Golden Herriot. Mrs A. R. Wnddell is one that cannot be omitted from any list of docorative rosea. Emrna Wright is one that will have to be considered as soon as it becomes acclimatised : it is. glori- j ous in the bud and better as a full j blown rose. I