26 April 2010

Best garden or decorative roses (1902)


Chapter 23 (extract 2) of "Roses for English Gardens" by Jekyll and Mawley (1902), in which the best roses for general garden use are listed.
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Illustration: Paul's Carmine Pillar
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Abbreviations, &c., used in the Following Lists
A. Autumn-flowering. Roses which flower in the summer, and again, with more or less freedom, in the autumn.
S. Summer-flowering. Roses which only flower once within a year.
Cl. Poly. Climbing Polyantha.
H.C. Hybrid China.
H.N. Hybrid Noisette.
H.P. Hybrid Perpetual.
H.T. Hybrid Tea.
N. Noisette.
Pom. Pompon.
Sin. Single-flowered.

GARDEN OR DECORATIVE ROSES
In the following list the varieties have been arranged
according to the number of times they were staged in
the prize stands at the Exhibition held last year in the
Temple Gardens, which was an unusually large and representative
one:—

  • Gustave Regis (H.T.).
  • Marquise de Salisbury (H.T.).
  • William Allen Richardson (N .)
  • Madame Pernet Ducher (H.T.).
  • Rosa macrantha (Sin.).
  • Turner's Crimson Rambler (CI. Poly.).
  • Camoens (H.T.).
  • Madame Chédane Guinoisseau (T.).
  • Bardou Job (H.T.).
  • Alister Stella Gray (N.).
  • L'Idéal (N.).
  • Madame Falcot (T.).
  • Reine Olga de Wurtemberg (H.T.).
  • Souvenir de Catherine Guillot (T.).
  • Paul's Carmine Pillar (Sin.).
  • The Garland (H.C.).
  • Claire Jacquier (CI. Poly.).
  • Anne of Geierstein (Sweetbrier).
  • Laurette Messimy (C).
  • Ma Capucine (T.).
  • Mignonette (Pom.).
  • Papillon (T.).
  • Paul's Single White (Sin.).
  • Crested Moss (Moss).
  • Homere (T.).
  • Perle d'Or (Pom.).
  • Rosa moschata alba (Sin.).
  • Rosa Mundi (Damask).
  • Brenda (Sweet-brier).
  • Madame Pierre Cochet (T.).
  • Meg Merrilies (Sweet-brier).
  • Red Damask (Damask).
  • Rosa himalayaca (Sin.).
  • Rosa lucida plena.
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