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Louse. Last year both Chinese varieties flowered in great beauty during the 

 whole season, the dark Chinese particularly well, the flowers being much 

 larger than when grown on its own roots. IMy buds," he adds, " were in- 

 serted ten feet from the ground ; and Mr. Knight thinks the large size of the 

 blossoms is owing to the distance the sap has to pass before it reaches the 

 flower-buds." The progeny of these roses are remarkable for their thick 

 petals and the extreme dehcacy of their colours, which are generally, as we 

 have said, of neutral tints. 



1501. It was long said by wi-iters, both French and English, that the yel- 

 low Chinese produced few hj'brids worth cultivating ; and this opinion pre- 

 vailed pretty generally, until the finest of the whole group was raised by 

 Mr. Foster, of Plymouth, This was Devoniensis, a fine ci'eamy-white, with 

 buff centre : others from the same parent soon followed, partaking of the 

 Noisette roses, with some of which probably Mr. Foster had hybridized. 



1902. IMr. Paul divides tea-scented roses into two classes. The Ligneous, 

 or more woody kind, are much hardier, and form good standards. The other, 

 which he calls Herbaceous, not that they differ in their fibre, but because 

 they are more tender and require more delicate treatment. '' If trained to 

 a south-east wall," he says, "the tea-roses grow vigorouslj'', and flower in 

 great beauty, much earlier and much finer than in the open gi'ound, pro- 

 ducing a constant succession of flowers during one half of the year. They 

 also flower freely in pots and plunged in the open ground, so as to be removed 

 to a cold frame for protection dm-ing winter. The practice of removing them 

 from the ground for protection during winter," he adds, ''and again trans- 

 ferring them to the rosarium in spring, cannot be too highly deprecated. To 

 remove a plant once endangers its growth and flowering the following year ; 

 and to remove it twice, more than doubles the risk of failure." 



1903. To grow this group in perfection, therefore, requires considerable 

 knowledge of their habit as well as care, and they are peculiarly adapted for 

 that kind of pot-culture which has so flourished under the fostering care 

 of the Horticultural and other societies who have admitted roses in pots 

 into their programme of prizes within the last few years. In the open 

 ground they all require a rich well-drained soil, close pruning, and the means 

 of protection from frost in winter. As ornaments to the conservatory they 

 are unsurpassed. "At Orleans House, Twickenham," says Mr. Paul, "the 

 vigorous growers are trained up wire i^illars to the height of 12 feet ; the 

 flowers, drooping with their own weight, are displayed to great advantage ; 

 their elegant and shining foliage is kept on during the greater part of the 

 winter, and nothing could be more appropriate, — nothing more beautiful," 



List of the hardier Tea-scented Roses. 



Is"iplietos, — creamy white, approaching to 

 lemon, the centre lemon-colour ; mag- 

 nolia-like ; large, fvill, and globular ; a 

 beautiful rose. 



Belle Marguerite, — flower rose, shaded 



with crimson ; large, doable, and well- 

 expanded. 

 Bride of Abydos, — white, delicately tinged 

 with pink; large and double; a free 

 bloomer. 



