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lustily. It never gets any special attention ; 

 for it is in the long border under the hedge, 

 facing north. But each year its great bell- 

 shaped fragrant flowers on their long slender 

 stems show grandly against the Rhododendrons 

 about it, and go far to disprove the delicacy of 

 Tea Roses. 



The original " Blush Tea-scented Rose " was 

 brought from China in 1810. In 1824 the 

 " Yellow China or Tea Rose " was introduced 

 from China by Mr. Parkes. And the French 

 growers at once began raising seedlings from 

 these two fruitful parents, as both in France 

 and Italy the Yellow Tea Rose seeded freely. 

 The earliest of these " Tea Roses " which still 

 hold their own among the host of their brilliant 

 successors, is (most appropriately) Adam^ raised 

 in 1833; Pactole; Devoniensis, 1833; Safrano, 

 1839 ; Mme. Willermo'z, 1843 ; Niphetos, 1844 ; 

 Souvenir d^un Ami, 1846; Mme. Bravy, 1848. 

 And in 1853, Jacotot's Gloire de Dijon made a 

 complete revolution in the race the strong, 

 hardy, and prolific parent of a new type of Tea 

 Roses. I cannot but think, however, that so 



