15 NOVEMBER 1930, Page 14

A BRAVE LITTLE ROSE.

In a season notable for late roses one of the newer dwarf polyantha has stood out in especial splendour. At the opening of November, before the heavy white frosts began, beds of it were a real blaze of scarlet. We have had many polyantha roses of which much was hoped. Most of our Jessica were scrapped, for they began to refuse to open their buds however much stimulated ; and a good many others, much preached, have been surrendered, often for the old monthly rose, which indeed remains invaluable. But these dwarfs grow in strength and colour ; and her admirers have difficulty in believing that any of them is a better performer than " Kirsten Poutsen," a bright scarlet single, flowering invariably to the edge of winter.