14 JULY 1928, Page 14

THE BEST ROSE.

It is the month of roses ; and in spite of green-fly English roses seldom looked more fine and healthy. We all have our favourite varieties. Last year one of the queens was that very useful rose, Lady Inehiquin ; and she is holding her place. So is her nearest rival, Betty Uprichard. Is it an accident that in a number of gardens this year the owners have pointed with alniost exclusive 'pride to their beds or bushei of an older faVourite, Mrs. Henry Morse ? The strength of the foliage, the perfection of the buds—as good as Ophelia—and the delicious bltish at the core of the full flower certainly give this rose an eminence that is often pre-eminence. She would appear in most lists of the best twelve.

' W.- BEACH-THOMAS.