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Growing Roses (Harkness)
(1967)  Includes photo(s).
 
p72. 'Adeline Genee'.

Between p80-81 B/w photo. 'Adeline Genee'.
(1967)  
 
p20 ‘Danse du Feu’ is a most striking scarlet variety, flowering summer and autumn.

p94 ‘Danse du Feu’. Scarlet. 10ft climber. Vigorous; climber, with strong stems, but easy to train; healthy; foliage fairly abundant, glossy, middle to deep green; flowers scarlet to crimson, fading crimson purple with age; semi-double, with about 23 petals, loose centre, soon opening from good bud form to diameter 3ins; profuse summer flush, with good amount of later flower to autumn; flowers in clusters of about 7 both on side shoots and young main shoots; weather resistance fair; scent faint. Raised by Charles Mallerin, Isere, France. Introduced 1954. Parentage: ‘Paul’s Scarlet Climber x R. multiflora seedling. Name in USA is ‘Spectacular’.
 
(1967)  Page(s) 108.  
 
Herself  Pearl pink 2 ft bush.  Moderately vigorous;  bush, upright, spreading out well; healthy; foliage fairly abundant, semi-glossy, dark green; flowers warm pale pink lightening to pearl with age;  double, with 33 petals regularly arranged, showing stamens, opening to three and a half inches diameter;  profuse summer and autumn flower, some between flushes;  flowers in heads of many blooms, well spaced; weather resistance good; sweet scent.  Raised by G. C. Vincent, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon.  Introduced 1965.  Parentage 'Sweet Repose' x 'Ma Perkins'.
(1967)  Page(s) 112.  
 
'Léontine Gervais'. Peach pink 12ft climber. Vigorous; climber, with rather pendulous shoots; easy to train; healthy; foliage abundant, glossy, bright green; flowers pale peach pink, becoming lighter with age; semi-double, opening to 2ins diameter, with 20 petals, soon showing centre; profuse summer flush, hardly any flowers thereafter; flowers on side shoots growing from the wood of former years; often singly, sometimes 3 to a shoot, not often many more; flowers are thus well spaced on the plant with the bright foliage showing between them; weather resistance fair; faint scent. Raised by Barbier & Co., Orléans, France. Introduced 1903. Parentage: R. wichuraiana x Souvenir de Catherine Guillot.
(1967)  Page(s) 115.  
 
‘Mary Wallace’ Pink 12ft climber. Vigorous; climber, fairly tidy growth, easy to train; healthy; foliage ample, glossy, medium to light green; flowers rose pink, fading a little paler when old; semi-double, opening to 4ins diameter, with about 20 petals, forming good centre in young stages; prolific summer flush, scarcely any thereafter; flowers in clusters of 3 to 7 on side shoots growing from wood made in former years; weather resistance good; scent sweet…..
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