Miniature rose plant `Bit O' Gold`

Abstract

The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized by the clear bright yellow color of the flowers and by the profusion of bloom.

The following is claimed: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant of hardy; dwarf; bushy; rounded; much branched habit, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by buds and flowers of a rich gold yellow color, being of a shade (or range) generally near Cadmium Orange 8/2 to Saffron Yellow 7/2 (or similar), the buds and flowers resembling the variety Gold Coin (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,921) in form and size; and further characterized by a plant of vigorous and compact growth habit, easy to propagate from cuttings, with an abundance of small to medium size semi-glossy to matt foliage and an abundance of flowers borne singly or several to the stem in loose cluster.