Plate 351. 

 TEA EOSE, MADAME ^lARGOTTIN. 



"When wc were at Lyons last year, and enjoying a run tlirongh 

 the celebrated Rose-gardens of that city, we were very much 

 strufk witli two tea-scented Roses in the possession of ^I. 

 ( iuillot/'V.y, and as any addition to that very favourite class is sure 

 to be welcome if it be good, Mr. Andrews has, from flowers 

 supplied from our own garden, given an admirable figure of one 

 of these, whicli we believe will be a general favourite. 



There are some Roses which are known as tea-scented, which 

 are really not so, but noisettes, such as Gloire de Dijon and 

 Marechal Niel, the fact of their possessing the delicate perfume 

 of the Tea Rose being probably the reason why they have been 

 so classed. As a rule, the genuine Tea Rose is smaller in habit 

 and leaf, and not so robust in its constitution. Madame Mar- 

 gottin is a genuine tea-scented Rose ; it is, as will be seen from 

 the Plate, a medium-sized flower, of a delicate primrose-yellow 

 colour, witli a most lovely peach-coloured tint in the centre 

 petals. The sliape of the flower is good, and tlie substance of 

 the petals is very firm, and, as a consequence, the individual 

 blooms are not so fugitive as in some of the Teas. _ The other 

 flower which we have alluded to is Boiifon d'Or ; this is a most 

 exquisite little gold button of a very lively yellow hue, and, for 

 its size, likely to be a great favourite for wearing as a single 

 flower. 



We cannot say as yet that we have been greatly impressed 

 with the new Roses ; so {av as our o^vn experience of them 

 goes, the present season is not likely to produce any very great 

 improvement on our already fine varieties. One Rose, indeed, 

 has appeared of which we liope to give a figure, and which 

 lias created quite a sensation as an English-raised Rose, Mi^is 



