Hints on Propagating the Tea Rose. 219 



from France. I sliall now add the names of a few more sorts that 

 are in great repute, viz. : — 



Thea Forqnicr, 



Golconda, 



Moreau, 



Thea Florence, 



Alba, 



mirabalis. 



The system I would recommend to be put into practice is, first 

 to procure stocks of the most luxuriant growing sorts, viz. : the Com- 

 mon Sweet Briar, Greville, multiflura, and Boursalt Roses ; any of 

 these will answer the purpose very well ; select the best stocks, 

 which should be of a fine clear growth, always rejecting those that 

 have a meagre appearance ; as the character of the stock, will 

 undoubtedly add much to the beauty of the plant. It certainly would 

 be a very splendid sight in a green-house or conservatory, to have 

 either the blush or yellow tea rose, budded on any of the above 

 mentioned strong growing sorts, with a stem perfectly straight, three 

 or four feet in height, ramifying with four or five lateral growths. 

 Where the blush, whit€, and yellow varieties could be, if so desired, 

 inserted upon one stock, the whole, when in flower, would have an 

 elegant effect, as the weight of the flowers would naturally give the 

 whole plant a pendulous habit ; by following this system, any per- 

 son can have just such a plant as they choose, or as their mind 

 would suggest to them ; every intermediate height, from one foot to 

 six or eight feet in the plant, could be thus very easily obtained. 

 The whole of this is perfectly simple, and I think there are but very- 

 few amateurs or gardeners, who will not, from these few remarks, 

 adopt the method I have recommended. The common China, may 

 be budded in the same manner. 



Yours, J. W. Russell. 



Mount Auhurn, Cambridge, May \Qth, 1835. 



The above communication, by Mr. Russell, will undoubtedly 

 be read with interest by every lover of the Rose family. It is true, 

 as he states, that Tea Roses, of all the varieties, are as yet very 

 scarce in every nursery ; and such as are to be found, mostly small 

 plants. The idea of budding the Chinese kinds, on hardy, strong 

 growing sorts, is probably new to many of our readers. 



We have, however, had plants imported from France, budded in 

 this manner, and their luxuriant growth compared with those on 

 their own stocks, was truly astonishing. But the value of budding 

 on hardy and luxuriant stocks, is the cultivation of all the tender 

 ' China varieties in the open air. The fine effect of these, when 

 budded on tall stems, is truly magnificent ; we have copied the fol- 

 lowing sketch of a variety (fig. 19), the Bizarre de la China, taken 

 when in full flower, from Loudon's Magazine, (Vol. VIII). It 



