Types of pompom rose (old fashioned miniature roses)

Chapter 4 (extract 2) of "Roses for English Gardens" by Jekyll and Mawley (1902), in which Miss Jekyll lists the best types of miniature roses (dwarf multiflora roses - pompom roses - and other dwarf roses)

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Illustration: White Pet, pompon

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Some of the best Pompons of the multiflora section—

• Amelia Susanna Morin; white, flushed yellowish.
• Anne Maria de Montravel; white.
• Archduchess Elizabeth Marie; canary, buff and white to centre.
• Bouquet parfait; rose, darker edges.
• Camille de Rochetaille; white.
• Clara Pfitzer; silvery white, shaded rose.
• Clothilda Soupert; rose and red.
• Colibri; copper-yellow, shading to white.
• Etoile d'Or; pale yellow.
• Eugenie Lamesch; buff yellow.
• Georges Pernet; rose, peach and yellow.
• Gloire des Polyantha; rose and white.
• Leonie Lamesch; deep copper-red, yellow centre.
• Mosella; white and yellow.
• Mignonette; pink.
• Perle d'Or; buff yellow.

Other Pompon Roses—

• Dwarf centifolia, De Meaux.
• Moss de Meaux.
• Spong.
• Lawrenceana and var. Pompon de Paris.
• Fairy Rose.
• White Pet.
• Dwarf Burgundy and white var.

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LINK: Read more about pompom roses