142 TEA-SCENTED CHINA ROSE. 



Eosa sempervirens may also be employed. These 

 vigorous-growing roses impart their nature to the 

 sorts budded on them, and the effect is admirable. 

 There is perhaps no situation in this country 

 in which these charming roses bloom in such high 

 perfection as when planted in the borders of an 

 orchard-house. 



A Tea-scented Rose-House. 



A house for those beautiful roses, to be enjoy- 

 able, should be span-roofed glazed with large 

 squares of glass, the rafters light, and the roof 

 fixed. Its dimensions should be as follows 

 width, 14 feet; height of sides, from 5 to 6 feet; 

 height to ridge, from 9 to 10 feet; it should be 

 ventilated at each side by shutters on hinges ; 

 or sashes 18 inches wide ; no roof ventilation 

 is necessary. A nicely gravelled path, 4 feet 

 wide, should occupy the centre, and a border 

 made on each side 5 feet wide* Each border 

 will hold three rows of rose trees, which should 

 be planted so as to form two banks of roses 

 in this manner: the back row should be of 

 low standards, 3 feet in height ; the middle row, 

 standards 2 feet 6 inches high ; and the row next 

 the path, dwarf standards 2 feet high. When the 

 trees are in full foliage and flower, a perfect bank 

 of beauty is formed ; for, owing to the favourable 

 climate, the trees grow with a vigour scarcely 

 conceivable. Previous to planting, the borders 

 should have a dressing of manure 6 inches thick, 



