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more whose names are actually unknown to- 

 day. 



The race of Hybrid Teas, seedlings from 

 the true Tea Rose, R. Indica odorata, crossed 

 with the hardy Hybrid Perpetual Rose, did 

 not then exist. And indeed until the 

 'eighties we find the Hybrid Tea looked 

 on as a rarity La France^ Captain Christy, 

 and Reine Marie Henriette more or less repre- 

 senting the family. Among this race, to 

 which each year adds fresh beauties, I have 

 so many favourites that it is difficult to make 

 a moderate selection of the best, as far as my 

 own experience goes. But, among the very 

 first, I should place four as being distinct in 

 type and colour, and of superlative beauty. 

 First comes the semi-climbing Gruss an Teplitz, 

 one of the only true crimson-scarlets of the 

 tribe. Its clusters of well-shaped flowers and 

 pointed buds borne at the end of long shoots, 

 its luxuriant green foliage edged with red, its 

 abundance of bloom and delicious fragrance, 

 make it one of the most valuable roses of the 

 last ten years. With me it has done better 



