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the dark colour of its shoots, is also an excellent 

 sort for this purpose. 



Felicite Perpetue, the well-known variety of 

 Eosa sempervirens, may also be employed. These ' 

 vigorous-growing roses impart their nature to 

 the sorts budded on them, and the effect is 

 admirable. 



There is perhaps no situation in this country 

 in which these charming roses bloom in such high 

 perfection as when planted in the borders of an 

 orchard-house. 



A Tea-scented Rose-House, 



A house for those beautiful roses, to be enjoy- 

 able, should be span-roofed — glazed with large 

 squares of glass, the rafters light, and the roof 

 fixed. Its dimensions should be as follows — 

 width, 14 feet ; height of sides, from 5 to 6 feet ; 

 height to ridge, from 9 to 10 feet; it should be 

 ventilated at each side by shutters on hinges ; or 

 sashes 18 inches wide; no roof ventilation is 

 necessary. A nicely-gravelled path, 4 feet wide, 

 should occupy the centre, and a border made on 

 each side 5 feet wide. Each border will hold 

 three rows of rose trees, which should be planted 

 so as to form two banks of roses in this manner : 

 the back row should be of low standards, 3 feet 

 in height; the middle row, standards 2 feet 



