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Teas till the end of February or Mareli. according 

 to the suitability of the weather. 



In purchasing, it is more economical to deal 

 with a reliable firm. The initial cost may be 

 more, but you will get strong healthy ])lants. and 

 the guarantee as to the name will be a real 

 guarantee. If the Eoses are received during a 

 spell of frost, do not attempt any planting : keep 

 them indoor in a cool i)lace until the frost dis- 

 api:'ears. The roots can be sprinkled if there is 

 any danger of too much dryness. 



Whether you |)lant along a border or in a 

 special Rose bed, you should insure that the 

 bushes should have room for fiitvire growth. 

 Two feet apart will be amjjle for the vigorous 

 varieties, and eighteen inches for those of modei'ate 

 growth. Erses other than the Climbing sorts 

 should be at least two feet from a wall ; one foot 

 will be sufficient for the Climbers. As to any 

 ])articular colour scheme, this should not cavise 

 any worry. Of course the ideal system is U) have 

 beds of one Eose. but this is not always con- 

 venient ; and in the ordinary border i)]anting, if 

 the grower finds any two ap])arently clashing to 

 his trained sense, the offending bush can be easily 

 shifted. 



There should be no difficulty in the choice of 

 the varieties. Tliough the list may be very long, 

 a certain num])er liaving stood the many tests 

 required have been chosen by the National Eose 

 Society, and from these one's own selection can 

 be readily made. 



Eose j'roducers often take a pardonable pride 

 in describing their own Eoses in rather luxuriant 

 language, and give the others rather Cinderella 

 treatment ; Init a little experience will save the 

 amateur from any risk. All gold medal Eoses 

 will not be found suitable to all gardens, and if 

 you require Eoses that will bloom profvisely, do 

 not be disapi)ointed when one meant jiurely for 

 exhiliition iiurjioses does not come U]) to yo\ir 

 ex]'ectations. 



The Hybrid Teas are the best all-round Eoses 

 for variety of colour and perfume and continuity 

 of bloom : they are really more ])er]ietual than 

 many of the so-called Hybrid Perpetuals. The 

 following is a list that may be recommended, not 

 necessarily in order of merit : — Eichmond. 

 scarlet ; Lady Ash town, dee]) ])ink : Madame 

 Eavary, orange-yellow ; Betty, co])pery rose ; 

 Caroline Testout, satin pink ; George Dickson, 

 dark crimson ; T^ady Pirrie, salmon and a])ricot ; 

 George C. Waud, firange-vermilion ; Countess 

 of Derby, flesh ; White Killarney, General 

 M'Arthiir. criivson : Madame Melaine Soupert, 

 sunset yellow : Madame .Tules Grolez, silvery rose : 

 Edward Mawley, crimson ; Gustave Grunerwald, 

 carmine-pink : K. A. Victoria, creamy-white : 

 Eayon d'Or. sunflower yellow : .T. B. Clark, 

 scarlet ; La Tosca, salmon and flesh ; Le Progres, 

 yellow : Madame E. Herriot. irawn red ; Mrs. A. 

 Hammond, ivory and aj^ricot : Viscountess Folke- 

 stone, cream : Lyon, shrini]) ] ink and chrome- 

 yellow ; Mrs. Forde. carmine-])ink : Earl of 

 Warwick, salmon and rose : Mme. Leon Pain, 

 silvery salmon ; Duchess of Wellington, saffron- 

 yellow ; Pharisair, white and flesh : I^iberty, 

 velvety crimson : British Queen, white ; Brilliant, 

 bright scarlet : H. V. Machin, crimson : I.,eslie 

 Holland, scarlet crimson : I^ady Mary Ward, 

 orange and ayriiot : Mrs. A. Cai'negie. white ; 

 Ophelia, silvery sahi-rn : Queen Alary. cariiMne 

 and yellow.' 



Some of the Hybrid Per])etuals [are 

 almost essential, such as Hugh Dickson, crimson ; 



Frau Karl Druschki, white : Mrs. .John Laing, 

 pink ; Victor Hugo, dazzling crimson ; Prince C. 

 de Eolian, very dark crimson ; Ulrich Brunner, 

 cherry red ; Capain Hayward, scarlet : General 

 .Jacqueminot, crimson ; Coronation, flesh-pink. 

 A few good Teas for general cultivation are : — 

 Mrs. H. Steevens, white ; Lady Roberts apricot ; 

 Molly Sharman Crawford, white ; Miss A. de 

 Rothschild, citron-yellow ; W. R. Smith, blush 

 white ; Mrs. Edward Mawley, 1 ink ; Alex. H. 

 Gray, lemon-yellow : Harry Kirk, suli hur- 

 y^ellow ; Madan'ie Hoste, pale lenon : Madan^e 

 t'onstance Soupert. deep yellow ; I^dy Hillingdon, 

 apricot yellow ; Mrs. Foley Hobbs, ivory white. 



.1. A. F. G. 

 (To he colli ill lied.) 



Hints to Novices. 



By E. M. Poi.rxKK. 



AiA. alterations in the garden can now be done, 

 and it is well to do them early. Once the new 

 year comes in, work seems to accvimulate in a 

 rush, and the days seem hardly long enough for 

 the work that niiist be done. Patches that have 

 sunk, or where the drainage is bad and where the 

 water lies, should be o]jened up, and correct 

 drainage introduced. Clinkers, broken bricks and 

 rubble niake excellent drainage. Trelhs work on 

 wall will require attention. Sometimes a corner 

 may become detached which will get caiight by a 

 high wind, and all will be swept off the wall. 

 New beds can be cut and n^ade now so that they 

 will be ready for spiring iilanting. W^iatever these 

 new beds are to be used for, they should be 

 properly prepared for growing X)lants. In most 

 modern villa houses the soil apDears on the 

 surface to be fresh and good, but the depth of a 

 spade down will most probaldy bring the owner 

 to such a collection of jam-] ots, slates, gas-pipes, 

 110 ts, sauce])ans, tree stumps. &c., as can hardly 

 be beaten. No plants can be expected to grow in 

 this class of soil, and the ground should be well 

 trenched, all this rubbish renioved, and good soil 

 and manure put in its place. The result in the 

 future will well repay the initial exi)ense. 



There is now a certain class of garden which is 

 not considered complete without a i)ergola of 

 some sort, and it certainly forms an excellent 

 means of utilising the various rampant growing 

 plants which have been so much increased by 

 recent intn.ductions, but like many other good 

 things it has in many cases been abused, and built 

 in quite unsuitable' positions and covered with 

 unsuitable plants. On the other hand spaces 

 often suggest themselves for y)ergolas which are 

 used in some other way, or may be not used at 

 all. A i-ergola is really a covered way, or covered 

 alley, and it is a means of obtaining shade largely 

 used bv the inhabitants of Soiithern Europe, 

 from whence the idea has been introduced mto 

 this countrv. A true i>ergola should have a flat 

 stiff roof — that is to say, not ntade of chains or 

 ropes. In nuxnv good j)ergolas, siich as that at 

 Kew. chains have been used, and these have been 

 slung from yiost to yiost along the sides and across 

 to the pest opposite. The result of this method is 

 that the plants are considerably confined once 

 thev reach the top of the uprights, and the path 

 below can never become even partially shaded, 



