74 ROSA ODORATA OR TEA ROSE. [April 



than any yet described, I will endeavour to give the most ex- 

 plicit directions I am able, so as to insure, at least, a great 

 chance of success. They delight to grow in a rich soil with 

 a dry bottom, and in rather an elevated situation, and a 

 southern aspect. Select a spot of the dimensions requisite 

 for a quantity of plants to be planted, and dig therefrom soil 

 to the depth of at least eighteen inches; six inches of the 

 l^ottom may be filled with pieces of bricks, stone, or lime 

 rubbish of any sort ; on this, place a layer of compost (at 

 least fifteen inches thick, to allow for its settling), half turf, 

 or good garden mould, and half well-rotted manure, with 

 about an eighth of sand, all completely mixed together. A 

 few weeks after the bed is thus prepared say about the first 

 of May the roses may be planted about two feet apart. In 

 this latitude, during the severity of winter, they should be 

 protected by a temporary frame : if covered with glass, so 

 much the better; but boards will serve where glass frames 

 are not at hand. With this treatment, they will never receive 

 the least injury from our severest winters, and they will bloom 

 in the greatest perfection the whole season. The only prun- 

 ing they require is merely to remove any old shoots to give 

 room for those of younger growth, and to occasionally shorten 

 any of extra length. However, where there are only solitary 

 plants, they will do very well covered with branches of cedar, 

 or a box or barrel perforated in several places to allow the 

 moisture to evaporate. Those that are grafted or budded 

 will not generally stand the winters of our Eastern or Mid- 

 dle States, and should be lifted and put in a back shed, or 

 tied close to the ground and covered with earth. About the 

 first of the month, they can be raised up and pruned of any 

 dead or superfluous wood, when they will bloom nearly as 

 perfect as those that hare received finer treatment. In tbo 

 Southern States they enjoy the great luxury of this rose in 

 its utmost perfection ; there they grow in " wild luxuriance," 

 displaying their varied beauties, and perfuming the air with 

 their delightful fragrance. Every flower-garden in mild lat- 

 itudes should have a full and perfect collection of such " pleas- 

 ing flowers." Among the many distinct varieties known to 

 be worth culture, are 



Adam, very large, bright pink, cupped form. 

 Apricbtfc, pale apricot <?olour. 



