CHAPTER III 
SITUATION AND SOIL 
In the choice of a situation for the cultivation of 
Roses we must seek for a spot— 
1, as little hable as may be to severe frosts ; and 
2, sheltered, if possible, from violent winds, but 
not too near large trees or hedges. 
1. It is pretty well known that most of the Tea 
Roses are tender, and likely to be injured or killed 
by severe frost. In the winter of 1890 the whole of 
my Maréchal Niels were absolutely killed, though 
they were grown in a row close to the west side of 
ajhigh paling, and were well and thickly covered 
with bracken, with moreover nearly a foot of snow 
over all. The Hybrid Perpetual Roses, especially if 
grown as dwarfs, will generally withstand the effects 
of any winter; but late frosts, in May or even earlier, 
will seriously affect their young shoots, in severe 
cases blackening and killing them, and still oftener 
injuring or destroying the as yet invisible bud. 
The worst of it is that it is difficult after such a 
visitation to estimate at first how much damage has 
been done. A fortnight of genial weather may 
sometimes be required before we can see whether 
the shoot is stopped (that is, made ‘‘ blind ’””—come 
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