Single rose is Irish Fireflame, illustrated in The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches, p. 513 (1913), digitized thanks to archive.org.
This text accompanies a coloured plate of Irish Fireflame and Queen Mary in The Garden Vol 77 (October 11, 1913, pp512-3)
PLATE 1478. SINGLE AND SEMI-DOUBLE ROSES. Doubtless many living rosarians can recall the time when single and semi-double Roses were held in very poor esteem, and to have awarded them gold medals would have brought down upon the heads of the judges consider¬able disapproval. This has all been changed, and today we find a growing regard for the exquisite single and semi-double Roses, especially those of almost ever-blooming quality, that we trust will long remain. It was thought when Messrs. Alexander Dickson and Sons gave us Irish Elegance in 1905 that the climax of beautiful colouring had been attained; but this celebrated firm have now produced Irish Fireflame, one of the subjects of our coloured plate, which, we venture to say, will soon be in every garden in the land. One could obtain some idea of its beauty when it was staged for the gold medal and secured it at Southampton last year, but to see it growing in its home at Newtownards, as we have done, has made our task of writing about its charms one of real pleasure. At Newtownards we saw row after row of it growing in the greatest luxuriance, appealing to us not alone by its wonderful colour, but also by the beauty of growth, foliage and habit. There has been some correspondence in our columns regarding the free blooming of Irish Elegance. We may say here that this grand Rose is always in bloom with us upon practically un-pruned bushes, some as much as 4 feet through, others 7 feet to 8 feet high on east walls, all treated alike, that is, a sparing of the pruning-knife. Irish Fireflame, growing like this, will be one of our very best garden Roses, and will doubtless be planted in quantities; for where is there any more exquisite or elegant Rose for decorating a table? We shall always retain a vivid recollection of the first time Messrs. Dickson exhibited Queen Mary, the second subject of our coloured plate. This was at the Festival of Empire, Crystal Palace, on which occasion it was awarded the silver cup as the best seedling Rose shown. This was soon after the advent of Juliet, and we could not help remarking that there was in its wonderful colouring something that recalled that wonderful Rose. The remarkable colouring of canary yellow and carmine, the latter shade being crayoned upon the yellow and not infused, makes this Rose a gem of rare beauty, and Messrs. Dickson could not have chosen a more lovely Rose to bear the name of our gracious Queen. The growth is vigorous, and, as we saw it growing, its habit and bronzed apple green wood gave one the impression that we had here a Rose of real merit, and one of which there could be no cavilling as to the correct estimation it has obtained at the hands of the National Rose Society when they awarded it the gold medal in July last. The great merit of the two Roses named above, apart from their colouring, is in their practically perpetual-flowering quality, and here they score largely over the single and semi-double species that are not perpetual. We feel sure there is a great future for such Roses, and many of the novelties not yet in commerce, which we saw at Newtownards. Belmont and Portadown during a recent visit to Ireland, displayed such a remarkable shrub-like habit that we thought then what perfect flowering shrubs they will make and how our gardens will be enriched by their introduction. Our advice to raisers is to strive after the glowing tints that are absent among flowering shrubs, and also for the hardiness and the true perpetual-blooming of the old common Monthly Rose, and we can accord them in the name of our readers a very generous welcome.
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Single rose is Irish Fireflame, illustrated in The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches, p. 513 (1913), digitized thanks to archive.org.
This text accompanies a coloured plate of Irish Fireflame and Queen Mary in The Garden Vol 77 (October 11, 1913, pp512-3)
PLATE 1478.
SINGLE AND SEMI-DOUBLE ROSES.
Doubtless many living rosarians can recall the time when single and semi-double Roses were held in very poor esteem, and to have awarded them gold medals would have brought down upon the heads of the judges consider¬able disapproval. This has all been changed, and today we find a growing regard for the exquisite single and semi-double Roses, especially those of almost ever-blooming quality, that we trust will long remain.
It was thought when Messrs. Alexander Dickson and Sons gave us Irish Elegance in 1905 that the climax of beautiful colouring had been attained; but this celebrated firm have now produced Irish Fireflame, one of the subjects of our coloured plate, which, we venture to say, will soon be in every garden in the land. One could obtain some idea of its beauty when it was staged for the gold medal and secured it at Southampton last year, but to see it growing in its home at Newtownards, as we have done, has made our task of writing about its charms one of real pleasure. At Newtownards we saw row after row of it growing in the greatest luxuriance, appealing to us not alone by its wonderful colour, but also by the beauty of growth, foliage and habit.
There has been some correspondence in our columns regarding the free blooming of Irish Elegance. We may say here that this grand Rose is always in bloom with us upon practically un-pruned bushes, some as much as 4 feet through, others 7 feet to 8 feet high on east walls, all treated alike, that is, a sparing of the pruning-knife. Irish Fireflame, growing like this, will be one of our very best garden Roses, and will doubtless be planted in quantities; for where is there any more exquisite or elegant Rose for decorating a table?
We shall always retain a vivid recollection of the first time Messrs. Dickson exhibited Queen Mary, the second subject of our coloured plate. This was at the Festival of Empire, Crystal Palace, on which occasion it was awarded the silver cup as the best seedling Rose shown. This was soon after the advent of Juliet, and we could not help remarking that there was in its wonderful colouring something that recalled that wonderful Rose. The remarkable colouring of canary yellow and carmine, the latter shade being crayoned upon the yellow and not infused, makes this Rose a gem of rare beauty, and Messrs. Dickson could not have chosen a more lovely Rose to bear the name of our gracious Queen. The growth is vigorous, and, as we saw it growing, its habit and bronzed apple green wood gave one the impression that we had here a Rose of real merit, and one of which there could be no cavilling as to the correct estimation it has obtained at the hands of the National Rose Society when they awarded it the gold medal in July last.
The great merit of the two Roses named above, apart from their colouring, is in their practically perpetual-flowering quality, and here they score largely over the single and semi-double species that are not perpetual. We feel sure there is a great future for such Roses, and many of the novelties not yet in commerce, which we saw at Newtownards. Belmont and Portadown during a recent visit to Ireland, displayed such a remarkable shrub-like habit that we thought then what perfect flowering shrubs they will make and how our gardens will be enriched by their introduction.
Our advice to raisers is to strive after the glowing tints that are absent among flowering shrubs, and also for the hardiness and the true perpetual-blooming of the old common Monthly Rose, and we can accord them in the name of our readers a very generous welcome.