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of flowers. Tea roses should be planted in a light and rather dry soil, 

 and exposed to light and air, so that the wood may be thoroughly 

 ripened ; they also flourish in the orchard-house. Many tea roses are in 

 full flower when the hybrids have finished, especially the Gloire de Dijon 

 (fig. 564) the best of its kind, taking it all in all which is the first 

 to yield its flowers in spring, and the last to cease blossoming in 

 winter : one planted in my orchard-house yields lovely flowers at times 

 of the year when a single blossom is ever received with thankfulness ; 

 it is also a most vigorous grower, and will cover a summer-house ; 

 or it may be grown as a pyramid ; and a garden should have many 

 of this kind of rose. 



FIG. 564. Gloire de Dijon. FIG. 565. Marshal Niel. 



Another rose which has been raised of late years, called Marshal 

 Niel (fig. 565), is of exquisite beauty. I have planted it in many differ- 

 ent situations out of doors, but without satisfactory success ; either they 

 have not given blossom, or they have been killed in winter. 



FIG. 566. Climbing Devoniensis. 



FIG. 567. Moss Rose. 



The Devoniensis, and a rose resembling it, the Climbing Devoniensis 

 (fig. 566), are eligible tea roses for cultivation. 



Moss Roses (fig. 567) are grown in our district in fields, whence the 



