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under each tree, a liberal dressing of well- 

 rotted manure, and in the spring dig it in. 

 Whilst young, preserve but one leading 

 shoot, and protect with a few evergreen 

 boughs ; then let them alone, nature will do 

 the rest. 



We^w Roses. 



BY C. P. HAYES, OF 3IILLEK AND HAl-ES, PHILA- 

 DELPHIA, PA. 



N my last month's communication on New 

 Koses, I named several varieties of Hy- 

 brid Perpetuals and Teas flowering for us 

 during the past summer, and referred to the 

 success of the European growers in hybrid- 

 izing. We, as lovers of this beautiful flower, 

 owe, indeed, much to the skill and perse- 

 vering labor of the French in producing 

 from their extensive beds of seedlings, 

 plants of the greatest vigor, and flowers of 

 the finest forms and the most exquisite 

 beauty. The credit of each grower is staked 

 on every new variety issued, and annually 

 they must send out those of equal merit, if 

 not superior to former productions, or their 

 reputation as growers or originators, under 

 the rigid animadversion of the amateur and 

 professional critics of England, would soon 

 decline, and their pecuniary prospects suffer. 

 Then is it not natural that from year to 

 year, we may look for some novelties and 

 worthy additions to our present collections ? 

 Whilst by their great zeal and activity, the 

 French excel others in producing new varie- 

 ties, and the English, by their careful and 

 thorough cultivation, accomplish the finest 

 exhibitional results, we, in this country, 

 should, from our favorable climate, purity 

 of air, and hot summer suns, not only ripen 

 the best seed for growing plants, but pro- 

 duce plants bearing the most perfect flowers. 

 Our climate differing materially from that 

 of England and France, leads many to sup- 

 pose that some varieties and groups do not 

 attain as perfect growth as with them, which 

 may, in some instances, be the case. Yet 

 generally, from our observations, those of ro- 

 bust and vigorous habit do equally well, and 



from many of the new varieties we have had 

 flowers comparing favorably in size,* form, 

 and brilliancy of color, with those exhibited 

 at the special shows held annually at the 

 Crystal Palace, London ; and even in some 

 instances, those classified by them as second 

 rate have, under our hot suns, proven ex- 

 cellent growers, producing elegant flowers, 

 and entitling them to first rank with us. 



The hardy Hybrid Perpetuals, and more 

 tender Teas, are the two classes or groups 

 to which the French growers have given 

 their closest attention ; and in the former 

 the most striking novelties have been pro- 

 duced. Only a few years ago, the list of 

 Hybrid Perpetuals numbered less than fifty 

 in all, now there are many hundred varieties. 

 By skillful hybridizing of species, and com- 

 mingling with others of same class, they 

 have not alone retained the strength and 

 vigor of the best older kinds, but in many in- 

 stances increased vigor and robust habit has 

 been added, together with brilliant and 

 showy foliage, and beautiful flowers of the 

 finest forms, and most exquisite colors, from 

 the purest white, delicate rose, pink, and 

 brilliant scarlet, to the deepest and richest 

 crimson. By this same skillful mode of 

 hybridizing, we have now in this group, roses 

 blossoming freely during the entire summer, 

 such as the pure white " Coquette de Alps," 

 " Boule de Niege," and the delicate rose- 

 colored "La France," "Madame La Ba- 

 ronne de Rothschild," " Madame George 

 Schwartz," and many others. This group, 

 from its hardy qualities and luxuriant habit 

 of growth, is specially adapted to open 

 ground culture, and a bed planted with a 

 choice selection of varieties cannot fail to 

 call forth general admiration, as one of the 

 most beautiful objects on a well designed 

 lawn, or carefully cultivated flower garden ; 

 or when properly arranged with other medi- 

 um sized shrubs, take a leading rank in the 

 grouping ; and some varieties of erect habit 

 of growth are particularly adapted for pillar 



* Flowers of H. P. Paul Neron, in our own 

 grounds, measured 5^ inches in diameter. 



