Rose plant -- Zwemania variety

Abstract

A rose plant of the Grandiflora Class, obtained as a bud mutation of the variety Sweet Promise (known in the United States as Sonia) (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,095).

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Grandiflora rose-plant of vegetative reproduction, characterized by the fact that, from the physical point of view, the plant with Spinach green mature wood, is erect, the flower is double, light vermilion, the petals are very firm and give it a form which is, first of all, high-centered, then when open, the petals are projecting and overlapping;   from the biological point of view, this rose-plant is of vigorous vegetation, its capacity for re-blooming is excellent, either under glass or in the open air; it is very resistant to diseases, and its blooms last a long time, either on the plant, or when cut;   substantially as shown and described.