ROSES IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 59 
which, with a perfume peculiar to itself, is 
the sweetest of all roses, and equal to any in 
the profusion of bloom; Cheshunt Hybrid, 
which shows the Tea blood in its foliage 
more than in any other way; what fragrance 
it has is more like that of Alfred Colomb or 
Prince Camille than like a Tea; it seldom 
shows a flower after the first of August; and 
Beauty of Stapleford, entirely without scent, 
but with a decided resemblance to the Teas 
in foliage, appearance of the flowers, and 
profusion of bloom. These roses must prove 
more hardy than most of the Teas, but more 
susceptible to frost and of more delicate con- 
stitution than the majority of the Hybrid 
Remontants. Certain ones among them, as 
La France, Duchess of Connaught, and Vis- 
countess Falmouth, combine beautiful flowers 
with great profusion of bloom and intense 
fragrance; such are the kinds that give value 
to the class, and unless raisers can supply 
new varieties in the group which combine 
these three qualities, they should be with- 
held as unfit to send out. Jean Sisley, Cap- 
tain Christy, and Beauty of Stapleford may 
have value now, while the groupis yet small, 
but being devoid of scent are not varieties 
to pattern after. Captain Christy occupies a 
somewhat equivocal position in this class, 
