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Marie Baumann, John Hopper, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, 

 Charles Lefebvre, Duke of Edinburgh, Fisher Holmes, General Jacque- 

 minot, Jules Margottin, La France, Madame Victor Verdier, Senateur 

 Vaissej Teas, &c. — Gloire de Dijon, Niphetos, Safrano, Perle des 

 Jardins, Marie van Houtte, Madame Levet, Jean Ducher, Homere, 

 Belle Lyonnaise, Goubault, Solfaterre, Jean Sisley. These are all 

 intended for open-air culture. They have variety of colour, fine forms, 

 and, above all, vigorous constitutions, to recommend them. They are 

 all sweet-scented, too, with the exception of Baroness Rothschild; 

 but it produces such a splendid sized continuous bloomer, is such a 

 favourite colour, and is so easily grown, that I cannot leave it out. 

 Some of the Teas are useful for planting against walls and pillars, but 

 I have noticed they change this habit sometimes in different parts : 

 and to make sure, I would advise that they be all planted in beds at 

 first ; and when they grow, and it is seen which are going to climb 

 most readily, let them be moved to such positions. It is surprising that 

 Tea Roses are not more grown by amateurs. I am told by those who 

 ought to know, that the demand for them is trifling compared to others. 

 They are more tender, of course, than the Hybrid Perpetuals : but it is not 

 always the hardiest things we grow most of in our gardens ; and I am 

 sure, were Tea Roses of the kinds named grown more extensively, that 

 their possessors would be highly gratified with them, as, although the 

 flowers of some of them are not large, the buds are simply exquisite. 

 In their case, winter protection would in most localities need to be 

 included as part of their culture ; but all Roses are benefited by this, 

 especially in Scotland. We lately saw large numbers of them thatched 

 up with straw and fern there ; and when covered over like this in 

 autumn, and left so until spring, the trouble is little and the gain 

 great, as the arctic winters we are now having are injurious to Roses 

 of all kinds. We generally plant Roses here in November ; but farther 

 north, March would be our planting month, as then we could plant 

 every one with the certainty of its growing ; but in autumn we would 

 be afraid of the winter spoiling our work, and killing our plants 

 into the bargain. From this it will be gathered that we do not think 

 those who may not yet have planted their Roses are too late. They 

 can be planted with success all through March. Those who have bushes 

 growing too close, may lift them all, manure the same bed well, dig 

 it over deeply, and replant thinner. Old plants with long fibreless 

 roots should have all such cut in to 6 inches or so from the stem. New 

 Roses to be purchased from the nursery should be ordered at once. 

 Have everything ready to plant them the day they arrive. The sooner 

 the roots are under the soil the better. Laying them in by the " heels " 

 in one place, and shifting them about two or three times before finally 

 planting, does them much harm. Whenever Roses have to be planted, 

 the soil should be good — as good as possible ; and let the soil be what 

 it may, plenty of manure should be worked up with it. No one will 



