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The Floral Magazine new ser. vol. 4, t. 169 (1875)
Plate 169.
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE — " DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH"
(H. Bennett).
A first-class certificate was most deservedly awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society to Mr. H. Bennett, of the Manor Farm Nursery, Stapleford, near Wilton, Wilts, in April last year, for the handsome and fragrant new rose here figured. It is a seedling from Marguerite de St. Amand, crossed with Madame Rothschild, and surpasses both in every respect, being much more vigorous in growth, much fuller, and of better form than either of its parents. The wood is large, stiff, and erect; the foliage strong and ample, generally with seven leaflets; the flowers are very large, and most symmetrically formed; the petals being evenly arranged, and large and bold, without being coarse; the colour outside is a beautiful silvery white shaded with rose, gradually deepening to a bright pink centre. When seen at its best, says Mr. Bennett, no better model of a rose can be conceived; an opinion in which we entirely agree with the raiser. When we add, that this new rose is, unlike so many of our best light-coloured show roses in being devoid of scent, but* that it possesses a delicious perfume equal to the old Cabbage Bose, and that it is of the hardiest constitution, an early and continuous bloomer, and a grand show rose that can be grown and shown by every one, it must be acknowledged that little more need be said in its favour. The Rev. S. Reynolds Hole, of Caunton Manor, writing of it says—"The perfume is something wonderful, even for a rose." We understand from Mr. Bennett that no less than eight thousand plants of new roses are sent out by him in the spring and summer from his nursery near Wilton, about which we shall have something more to say when illustrating another new Wiltshire Rose in a future Number.
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