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advantageous to them; also frequent working of the sur- 
face soil around the roots in Summer and a mulching of 
manure in November, will be about all that is needed. 
Madame Hoste, Souvenir de Wooten, Etoile de Lyon, 
Luciole, Marie Van Houte, Devoniensis, Safrano, Cornelia 
Cook, Papa Gontier, and La Princess Vera, are all well 
known in this class. 
NOISETTE ROSE. 
This class has a sub-division, namely, Noisettes and 
Tea Noisettes, both of which are of American origin. 
The Noisettes are of strong growth, and all hardy in the 
South. The varieties now most commonly grown have 
Tea blood in them, hence the term Tea Noisette, and to 
this class we confine our remarks. Of this class Marechal 
Niel is far in the lead. Chromatelle is another superb 
yellow, in beauty of fiowers but a few degrees removed 
from the Marechal. She is, however, shy of her charms, 
and unless carefully treated will not display her beauty. 
If you would have flowers in profusion from these Roses, 
you must not prune severely except where it is necessary 
to cut away whole shoots altogether. All this class of 
Climbing Roses has no equal for the climate of the South- 
ern States. The Lamarque, Celine Forester, Triomph de 
Rennes, Glorie de Dijon and William Allen Richardson 
are all the best in this class. 
HYBRID TEA. 
This is a new group produced by crossing Teas with 
Hybrid Perpetuals, and consequently pretains a little of 
the characteristics of both. All of them do well in the 
South, and are entirely hardy in Tennessee and all States 
South of this point. They are of only moderate growth, 
need close pruning, and delight in a rich, stiffsoil. La 
