ROSES IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 65 
death will ensue; some air will needs be ad- 
mitted; the plants must be protected but not 
smothered. 
The Tea class is much more uniform in 
the characteristics of the different varieties 
than are any of the other large groups. In 
judging of their merits we lay less stress on 
fulness of flower than on other claims, be- 
cause most of those which have compara- 
tively few petals are very beautiful in bud, 
and it is for the buds that Teas are largely 
prized. Thus Isabella Sprunt and Marie 
Guillot are two roses highly prized, but one 
of them is only semi-double, while the other 
has so many petals that they do not always 
unfold satisfactorily. The flowers vary very 
greatly in size as well as in fulness, some of 
them, like Canary, Caroline, and Monsieur 
Furtado, being quite small, and others being 
large, as Madame Bravy, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
ete; 
This has now become such a large division 
that it is no easy matter to select a num- 
ber of varieties for commendation, but those 
named below are among the most beautiful, 
and also of the most healthy habit—a very im- 
portant feature to be considered. 
Bon Siléne, Isabella Sprunt, and Safrano 
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