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ful fine points. At the South there are many classes or tA^pes of roses which 

 grow to great perfection, but cannot withstand the cold of the Northern 

 winters. There is, therefore, a greater range in selecting varieties for 

 special purposes. 



The tea-roses will doubtless long remain the favourite class ; but in plant- 

 ing the proper sorts the amateur must not be misled by selecting those whose 

 constitution is too weak to stand the long and warm southern summers. 

 We cannot expect to grow in open ground as perfect Brides, Bridesmaids, 

 Perles, etc., as are grown under glass, but we still have our Gloire de Dijon, 

 Madame Camille, Devoniensis, ]\Iarechal Niel, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Marie 

 Van Houtte, and scores of others that have survived hundreds of newer 

 sorts, and bid fair to survive for many years hence. The climbing Noisette 

 roses frequently grow to enormous size, and are noted for the profusion 

 and length of blooming. In the Hybrid Perpetual class are found the most 

 perfect forms, the short-jointed sorts being as a rule those that bloom during 

 the longest part of the growing season. i\mong some of these varieties, 

 as also in the Hvbrid Tea section which produces the most exquisite flowers, 

 are many which are afTected with what is termed "die back," which is often 

 followed by the loss of the plant. Among these are La France, American 

 Beauty, Caroline Testout, and a few others. Polyantha roses give excellent 

 results, and seem to adapt themselves to most soils. 



Again, among the newer tea-roses there is a deficiency in their root 

 system which causes a weak constitution. While this defect is less apparent 

 when such plants are grown under glass, it becomes more serious when 

 planted in open ground. Such varieties may, however, receive increased 

 vigour if they are budded upon strong-growing stocks, and after trying many 

 of the species used for that purpose by European growers, the Manetti has 

 been found the most desirable. ]\Iany of our best tea and hybrid perpetuals 

 would long since have disappeared from cultivation had it not been for the 

 Manetti stock, which is in extensive use. 



As a guide for prospective rose-planters at the South, the following 

 lists are suggested as likely to prove the most successful : 



ox OWN ROOTS 



Tea — Bon Silene, Bride, Bridesmaid, Caroline Kuster, Comtesse de 

 Breteuil, Christine de Noue, Coquette de Lyon, Duchesse de Brabant, Etoile 

 de Lyon, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, Maman Cochet, Marie Guillot, Madame 



