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ground without protection. Some of the varieties 

 are much more robust and vigorous than others, 

 and equally beautiful as those of more delicate 

 habits ; it will therefore be scarcely worth while 

 to grow any but what are of known hardihood 

 and vigour. I have pointed out some of these in 

 my notices, but time can only make a knowledge 

 of their habits more perfect. Worked plants of 

 Tea- scented roses force very well: they do not 

 require to be established one year in pots, for if 

 only potted in October or November, and forced 

 with a gentle heat in January and February, they 

 will bloom finely ; in March and April the ex- 

 treme beauty of their foliage and flowers will 

 amply repay the attention given to them, as they 

 have a peculiar softness and delicacy of appear- 

 ance when forced and growing luxuriantly. 



With attention, some very beautiful roses of 

 this family may be originated from seed, but the 

 plants must be trained against a south wall; if 

 flued the better, in a warm dry soil, or grown 

 in pots under glass : a warm greenhouse, or the 

 forcing-house will be most proper for them, so 

 that they bloom in May, as their heps are a long 

 time ripening. 



For yellow roses, Lutescens grandiflora and 

 the Duchesse de Mecldenbourg may be planted 

 with the Yellow Tea, which abounds in pollen; 

 some fine roses, almost to a certainty, must be 

 raised from seed produced by such fine unions : 

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