Rambler, and later a number of less showy but much more refined 

 flowers of just the right kind for free use in garden decoration. 



Valuable hybrids have also been raised from the Tea Roses, one of 

 the best known of them being Viscountess Folkestone, the subject of the 

 picture ; a grand Rose for grouping in beds or clumps, and one that 

 yields its large, loose, blush-white flowers abundantly and for a long 

 season. This merit of an extended blooming season runs through the 

 greater number of the now long list of varieties of the beautiful hybrid 

 Teas. 



Some of the new seedling Tea Roses have nearly single flowers, and 

 are none the less beautiful, as those wise folk well know who grow 

 Corallina and the lovely white Irish Beauty, and its free-blooming com- 

 panion Irish Glory. These also are plants that will succeed, as will most 

 of the hybrid Teas, in some poor hot soils where most Roses fail. 



Then for rambling over banks we have Rosa wichuraiana and its 

 descendants ; among these the charming Dorothy Perkins, good for any 

 free use. 



Those who garden on the strong, rich loams that Roses love will find 

 that many of the so-called show Roses are grand things as garden Roses 

 also ; indeed, for purely horticultural purposes there is no need of any 

 such distinction. The way is for a number of Roses to be grown on 

 trial, and for a keen watch to be kept on their ways. It will soon be 

 seen which are those that are happiest in any particular garden, and how, 

 having regard to their colour and way of growth, they may best be used 

 for beauty and delight. 



In the garden where the picture was painted. Viscountess Folkestone 

 has an undergrowth of Love-in-a-mist, that comes up year after year, 

 and with its quiet grey-blue colouring makes a charming companionship 

 with the faint blush of the Roses. 



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