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tinct group ; those from the Tea-scented have a 

 delicate and grateful scent ; but all have those 

 distinguishing family traits before given, and ac- 

 cordingly they group beautifully. It is a difficult 

 task to point out the best in this division, as 

 they are nearly all well deserving of cultivation. 

 However, by making a few remarks, such as can- 

 not be given in a descriptive catalogue, I may 

 perhaps be able, in some measure, to direct the 

 choice of amateurs to those most worthy their 

 notice. 



Brennus : this very superb rose will form a finer 

 object as a pillar rose* or standard than as a bush ; 

 its luxuriant shoots must not be shortened too 

 much in winter pruning, as it is then apt to pro- 

 duce an abundance of wood, and but very few 

 flowers. This rose often puts forth branches in 

 one season from eight to ten feet in length : if 

 these are from a dwarf, and are fastened to a 

 wooden or iron stake, and not shortened, the fol- 

 lowing season they will form a pillar of a beauty 

 but rarely equalled. Blairii, No. 2, a rose not so 

 much known as it deserves to be, is a very dis- 

 tinct and unique variety, so impatient of the 

 knife, that if pruned at all severely, it will 

 scarcely put forth a flower : it is perhaps better 

 as a pillar rose than grown in any other mode, 



* All the roses to which this term is applied make very long 

 and flexible shoots, well adapted for training up a column, thus 

 forming a pillar of roses. 



