218 Hints on Propagating the Tea Rose. 



There are but few difficulties to encounter with, in the propaga- 

 tion of this dehghtful genus of plants, especially the hardy kinds ; 

 as the greater part of them send up ofi-sets or suckers every year^ 

 which could be taken from the old plants in the spring or autumn, 

 and transplanted to any part of the garden or pleasure ground where 

 wanted to flower. Every well conducted nursery has what is called 

 the stool grounds, for the propagation of roses, where all the sorts 

 are judiciously arranged, and accurately named. Also, a memo- 

 randum is made of the colors of the flowers of each variety, so as to 

 enable the grower to give a satisfactory answer to any enquiries 

 made. But it is not my intention to treat upon the cultui-e of hardy 

 roses at present ; the blush and yellow Tea roses, with their 

 varieties, are my object. 



As the tea roses are comparatively scarce in the vicinity of Bos- 

 ton, particularly the yellow flowering variety, and a few more sorts 

 that are quite new, I beg leave to make a few brief remarks on their 

 culture, which are the results of practical experience ; if you think 

 they are worthy of a place in your very excellent Magazine, you 

 will please give them an insertion. Nevertheless, brevity may be 

 the best part of it ; but what I have to say, will, perhaps, be some- 

 thing new to a portion of your readers ; the experienced gardener 

 will be already acquainted with this subject. In the first place, I 

 shall mention a few of the principal sorts that are highly spoken of, 

 some of which are strongly scented with the tea flavor. 



Rosa Thla odornta. The blush Tea Rose. It is the most com- 

 mon sort, in the green-houses about this vicinity, but still we rarely 

 or ever see a large, healthy, well-grown plant for sale. 



R. Thca odorata, var. lutea. The yellow-flowering Tea Rose. 

 This is in great demand, and commands an extraordinary price. 

 A few days since I endeavored to purchase, for a gentleman, at one 

 of the nurseries, a variety of roses. The yellow tea was one of the 

 number wanted ; but the price named was exorbitant, and this, too, 

 for a very small plant. 



R. Thca odorata, var. Palavicina. Flower a bright yellow, in- 

 clining to an orange color, with a pink or red centre ; a very beauti- 

 ful kind. 



R. Thca odorata, var. Anemdnc. Flower blush or pink color. 

 The last mentioned variety and this were flowered in the green- 

 house of M. P. Wilder, Esq., Dorchester. This gentleman has a 

 great taste for flowers, and his collection of roses and other plants 

 consists of all that are choice and rare. 



JR. Thea odorata, var. strombio. Flower a most delicate blush ; 

 the bottom of the petals a cream color, and the inner ones striped 

 with the two colors ; strongly scented Avith the tea flavor, and of 

 quite strong growth, when budded on a sweet briar or other strong 

 growing stock, as was the case with the plant that I saw in the 

 green-house of Messrs. Hoveys, Cambridgeport, who introduced it 



