ROSE GROWING IN WINTER. 163 



PRUNING. 



But little pruning is done to Tea Roses until they 

 begin to get too thick, towards spring; the "blind 

 wood" should then be gradually and judiciously thinned 

 out, care being taken not to cut too much off at once, as 

 that would be certain to less or more check the vitality 

 of the plants by gorging the rootlets with water, if too 

 many shoots had been taken ; hence, after pruning, for 

 a few days water sparingly. 



VARIETIES TO FORCE. 



The varieties grown are changing every season, and no 

 list we can give to-day is likely to remain as the best, ten 

 years hence. The favorite Tea Roses now grown for 

 winter are Perle des Jardins (yellow), Sunset (orange), 

 Papa Grontier (carmine), Niphetos (white), Catherine 

 Mermet (rosy pink), Souvenir d'un Ami (delicate peach 

 color), Cornelia Cook (white), Marshal Robert (pale yel- 

 low), Madame Cusin (pink), Bon Silene (carmine), 

 Bride (white), William Francis Bennett (crimson), and 

 American Beauty (light crimson), The Puritan (white) 

 these three last named are " Hybrid" Teas, but they are 

 usually grown as Teas. 



Of climbing Roses, which are grown on the rafters of 

 the greenhouse, Mareschal Niel (yellow), Lamarque 

 (white), Gloire de Dijon (salmon rose), Red Gloire de 

 Dijon (carmine), and the new Waltham Climber (deep 

 crimson), are the best. This last has not yet been largely 

 tested, but in all probability it will supply a want long 

 felt. It is a double Rose of fine form and of exquisite 

 crimson color, equal in nearly all respects to our finest 

 Hybrid Perpetuals all dark Roses that we have hitherto 

 had in climbers being shy bloomers with inferior flowers. 



