"LOVE AMONG THE TEA ROSES." 



THE charming little group so designated was etched 

 for me by my beloved friend, John Leech, and ap- 

 peared, many years ago, as the frontispiece of The 

 Gardeners' Annual. This publication was not 

 exuberantly received by Her Majesty's lieges, and 

 the publishers very generously gave me the plate, 

 having no further use for it. 



Its reappearance suggests a few remarks on the 

 most beautiful members of the royal family of the 

 Eose, and, I venture to hope, as the first amateur 

 rosarian who grew tea roses extensively out of doors, 

 that I may claim the privilege of such an utterance. 



The best place for them is a border ten feet in 

 width, the longer the better, having an eight feet wall 

 behind, with a southward or eastward aspect. This wall 

 should be covered in due time with Belle Lyonnaise, 

 Cheshunt Hybrid, Gloire de Dijon, L 'Ideal, Madame 

 Berard, Marechal Niel (the best I have grown have 

 been on walls alfresco), Eeve d'Or, W. A. Eichardson, 

 the Banksians, and Fortune's Yellow. 



The lest soil is the best you can get a rich loam, 

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