Rose photo courtesy of CybeRose

The Garden 53: 236 (March 19, 1898) PLATE 1162 TEA ROSE MLLE. YVONNE GRAVIER. Among the many Tea Roses we have tried in the open air unprotected at all seasons there have been many beautiful kinds distinguished by exquisite flowers, fine in forin and colour, but among them all we think there has never been one so delicate in its refined colour as Mlle. Yvonne Gravier, which, in addition to its great beauty, is also, as far as we have tried it, a good grower, flowering abundantly late in the year. We may add, however, that the colour of the flower is not easy to describe, and we hope our readers will get their first ideas of it from the flower itself. It was raised by Mons. Bernaix, of Lyons, who writes to us as follows about it :— Mlle. Yvonne Gravier was sent out in the month of November, 1894. I cannot say exactly from which variety it had its origin. Its blooming is extraordinary, and does not end until the frost comes. The flower is large, the long bud of beautiful form, and its colour—a rich cream yellow—is everything one can desire. The back of the petals is a fine rose, a new tint which it is difficult to describe, while the centre of the flower at the base of the petals is shaded with a pretty canary yellow. This Rose was named after the daughter of a former chief secretary of the Prefect of the Rhone.

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