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ful one to experiment with ; it will give him a wonderful variety 

 of bloom, and it will afford him an opportunity of studying the 

 requirements and the habits of the rose. 



And here it is perhaps necessary to explain what is meant by 

 Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Tea and Tea roses. They are the 

 designations chosen by professional growers, and, at least in the 

 case of the Hybrid Perpetuals, the term is misapplied. Indeed, 

 save for a few isolated varieties, the flowering period of the 

 " H.P.'s " is all too brief. Many of them bloom profusely towards 

 the end of June and early In July, and then go out of flower. 

 But they produce a second crop in August and September, which, 

 if not so fine as the first, is nevertheless welcomed as the summer 

 wanes. There is a tendency to decry the Hybrid Perpetual 

 because it does not always live up to its name ; but it is neverthe- 

 less an indispensable adjunct to the rose garden, and as a class 

 is so large and so varied that no true lover of the rose can dare to 

 neglect it. Indeed, some of the greatest triumphs achieved in 

 the show tent have been obtained by such famous Hybrid Per- 

 petuals as Frau Karl Druschki (the best pure white rose ever 

 produced), by Mrs John Laing, and by Captain Hayward, to name 

 only three of the best in their section. 



Hybrid Teas have been produced by crossing the ordinary Tea 

 with the Hybrid Perpetual. They are a most beautiful race, 

 almost as delicate in form and colour as and slightly more hardy 

 than the Tea itself. Their value as decorative plants for the 

 garden is only excelled by the Tea, which, because of its delightful 

 foliage, its scent, and its varied colouring, ranging from pale 

 yellow to glowing crimson, stands supreme among roses. Its 

 flowering period often extends from June until December and 

 this in spite of the fact that the Tea is regarded as delicate and 

 prone to suffer in severe frost. With ordinary care, however, 

 in the choice of situation, and in the provision of suitable pro- 

 tection during extreme cold, the Tea rose will be found as robust 

 as most of its allies. 



Most of the roses mentioned in the list, if bushes be ordered, 

 can be purchased even from growers of the highest standing at 



