Rose photo courtesy of CybeRose

Plant Patent 70 My new variety originated as the result of a cross between the German rose Veilchenblau—or in English Violet Blue—and a blue sport of the Veilchenblau. After making this successful cross and experimenting with the growing and grafting qualities of this variety for several years, I began to use wood of this variety in the production of grafted roses on my own premises but the variety has not, to date, been offered for sale. The accompanying illustrations show (1) a single years growth on a three year old root, (2) a six-inch section of a cane, (3) a cross section of a cane, and (4) a blossom in an advanced stage of maturity. ... The flowers are single, ordinarily having hairs. A reddish-brown color covers not only the peduncles and the spines but portions of the buds as well. The dominant color of the fresh cut flower is rose red as shown in Plate XII of Ridgeways Color Standards and Nomenclature. The lighter shades are spinel red (Plate XXVI). As the flower ages the purple shades appear as indicated in the illustration which shows a flower cut about three days but kept moist in the interval and freshened by immersion in water. The lighter purples shown are approximately rose purple (Plate XXVI) and the dark shades shown are approximately phlox purple (Plate XI). The five petals constituting the inner whorl each has a white, somewhat irregular stripe running vertically down the petal from top to base. The hips are large in proportion to the size of the flower, and somewhat globular or bulbous in shape. An abundance of long yellowish stamens and pistils is produced in each flower. The anthers are yellowish brown.

Uploaded 8 NOV 21