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Florist and Pomologist, June 1879
Rose (H.P.) Harrison Weir (Plate 491)
THIS fine new Rose was raised at the Royal Nursery, Slough, by Mr. Charles Turner, to whom we owe the opportunity of figuring it. The variety is one of the very highest order of merit, and in his portrait of its lineaments, Mr. Fitch has very faithfully brought out its leading characteristics, which may be summed up in the words—depth of form, and intensity of colour. It is of a remarkably vigorous constitution, with bold and effective foliage, and the flowers are very large, deep and full, symmetrically cupped, and very fragrant. The petals are broad, smooth, and stout, and of a rich velvety crimson, enlivened with scarlet, very bright and dazzling on the face of the petals, which have a slight purplish-rose tinge on the reverse. Mr. Turner, who describes it as a good autumnal bloomer, informs us that it is a seedling between Charles Lefebvre and Xavier Olibo, resembling the former in its form and habit, and the latter in its colour. It is, no doubt, a grand addition to our English seedling Roses, and one which may be expected to hold its place in our Rose-gardens for years to come. That a Rose which has flowers of the brightest tint of crimson-scarlet, and of great depth and fullness, and possesses a fine robust constitution, should gain public recognition, is not to be wondered at, and therefore we are not surprised to hear that last season it won First-class Certificates from the Royal Botanic Society on July 10th, the Royal Horticultural Society on July 23rd, and the Oxford Horticultural Society on July 31st. It is to be sent out in June of the present year.—T. Moore.
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