166 DESCRIPTION OF THE ROSE. 



orchard-house, the place, above all others, adapted for 

 seed-bearing roses*" Itivers. 



JZosa Indica Odorata. This is a Chinese species, 

 closely allied to the last named, but more beautiful, far 

 more fragrant, and usually more tender. The two origi- 

 nal varieties of it, the Blush Tea and the Yellow Tea, 

 were introduced into England early in the present cen- 

 tury ; and between them they have produced a numerous 

 family, than which no roses are more beautiful. 



To grow them in the open air, they require, in the first 

 place, a very thorough drainage. If the situation is at all 

 damp, the bed should be raised some six inches above the 

 surrounding surface ; but this will be rarely necessary in 

 our climate. If it rests on a good natural stratum of 

 gravel, this will be drainage sufficient ; but, if not, the 

 whole bed should be excavated, and underlaid to the depth 

 of four or five inches with broken stones, broken bricks, 

 or with what is much better than either, oyster-shells. 

 Over these, sift coarse gravel to prevent the soil from 

 working into their crevices, and on the gravel make a bed 

 somewhat more than a foot deep of good loam, mixed 



