242 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



will show US the most perfect of all its Roses ; but 

 this vernal propensity so seldom comes, the bud- 

 ded Rose-shoots are so generally injured and re- 

 tarded, that you must rely principally upon your 

 older trees — commonly, but not pleasingly, 

 termed ** cut-backs." 



Moreover, you should have in your Rose- 

 garden the advantage of a wall on which to grow 

 the more tender Roses, those grand Marechal 

 Niels, Devonienses, Souvenirs d'un Ami, and 

 other Teas, so distinct from the Hybrid Perpetual 

 varieties, and such exquisite contrasts among 

 them. Plant these between your fruit-trees, or 

 w^herever you can find a vacant space. Let them 

 be grown upon their own roots, or ** worked " so 

 low upon the Brier that the junction may be un- 

 der the soil, and protect them with a thick cover- 

 ing of farm-yard manure laid on the surface during 

 the winter months. 



And here I must note one more advantage 

 which is found in the seedling Brier. It is by far 

 the best stock for Tea-Roses;* and he who has 

 been taught to regard these exquisite flowers as 

 too delicate for outdoor cultivation, will be sur- 

 prised and charmed if he can devote a border, 

 backed by a wall, and aspecting southward, to 



* This applies equally to the Brier cutting. 



