Princesse Mathilde, crimson, maroon, and purple shaded, colors exquisite, medium size, double, form expanded; a good hardy variety.
Professor Koch, bright rosy-cerise, shaded with carmine, beautifully cupped; one of the best.
Queen, rose, very large and beautiful.
Red Rover, fiery red, growth more than usually vigorous, flowering up to Christmas. Not double, enough for a Show Rose, but the finest and most effective of Pillar Roses.
Reine de Castille, whitish-rose, large and full, of good habit, and blooms freely.
Reine de la Cité, blush, pink centre, large, full, and of good habit.
Reynolds Hole, lively pink, increasing in brilliancy as the flowers advance in age, large, not very full.
Richard Smith, velvety-maroon, very dark.
Robert Fortune, bright red, large, full, and good.
Sénateur Reveil, brilliant reddish-crimson, shaded with dark purple, large and full, form fine, blooms freely, habit good.