HOW TO SHOW THE ROSE. 26 1 



amateur with a good courage to bud those Tea Roses 

 which are mentioned on the h"st for exhibition. They sur- 

 vive nine winters out of ten, here in the midland counties ; 

 and although they will not bloom early in their first season, 

 they will do so in the autumn, and in the summer following 

 will be in time for the shows. Let some of them remain 

 where they are, some be removed to warm corners and to 

 positions least exposed to rough weather, and let some, 

 where there is accommodation, be placed against a ivall. 

 Upon your house, between fruit-trees, wherever you have a 

 vacant mural space, there put in a Tea Rose. The most 

 reliable varieties among the hardier Teas are Adam, Comte 

 de Paris, Devoniensis, Climbing • Devoniensis, Gloire de 

 Dijon, Louise de Savoie, Madame Bravy, Madame Rachel, 

 Madame Willermorz, Montplaisir, Rubens, Sombreuil, and 

 Souvenir d'un Ami. These Tea Rose-trees should not be 

 pruned before April, and then sparingly. 



Set up your Roses boldly, with the tubes well above the 

 moss, and keep a uniform height. Most of the show vari- 

 eties will hold themselves erect and upright, but some are 

 of drooping habit, and their spinal weakness requires the 

 support either of a thin slip of wood or twig secured with 

 thread to the stalk, or of moss pressed firmly round them 



