168- ' DESCRIPTION OP THE ROSE. 



between them and the glass, and have never been injured 

 by the frost. 



For preserving a small number of Tea roses through 

 the winter, an ordinary cellar answers perfectly, provided 

 there is no furnace in it. They may either be potted or 

 " heeled " in earth in a box. A few degrees of frost will 

 not hurt them. Roses and all other plants will bear the 

 same degree of cold much better in a close, still air than 

 in the open sunlight and wind. 



The prevailing colors of Tea roses are light and delicate : 

 of the rose-colored varieties, ADAM is one of the finest, as 

 is also SOUVENIR D'UN AMI. MOIRET is of a pale yellow, 

 shaded with fawn and rose. BOUGERE is of a deep rosy 

 bronze, large and double. SILENE resembles it in color, 

 and is very much admired. CANARY is of the color which 

 its name indicates, and its buds are extremely beautiful. 

 Yet, in this respect, no variety can exceed the OLD YELLOW 

 TEA, which is, however, one of the most tender and diffi- 

 cult of culture in the whole group. DEVONIENSIS is very 

 large, double, and of a pale clear yellow ; a very fine rose, 

 but shy of bloom. GLOIRE DE DIJON, already mentioned, 

 is a superb rose, though somewhat wanting in that grace 

 and delicacy, which, in general, characterize this class. 

 MADAME BRAVY is of a creamy white, and very beautifully 



