Teas, Hybrid Teas, and Noisettes Outdoors. 43 



As WeJl Plants. 



There is yet another way in which Tea Roses may be 

 grown. Where the amateur has a wall there is nothing 

 better for covering it than some Roses of this lovely class ; 

 and even where there is no wall, what can be more charming 

 for covering the dwelling-house? Many of them are nearly 

 evergreen, while the profusion of their blossom makes them 

 most desirable. Who has not admired that universal favourite, 

 Gloire de Dijon, so at home in all climates and in all situa- 

 tions ? There are others of the same race, such as Madame 

 Berard, Papillon, Bouquet d'Or, and Belle Lyonnaise ; 

 but we question if any of them will supplant the older flower. 

 Then there is the Noisette Reve d'Or, which may be 

 described as a climbing Madame Falcot, most profuse in 

 flowering, and almost evergreen. Marechal Niel should be 

 grown only in the warmer parts of our islands, and on a 

 south or a west wall, and not pruned until the first week 

 in April. Where these Roses are grown in any other posi- 

 tion it will be necessary, should the winter be severe, to give 

 them some protection by nailing mats or some other material 

 over them, the best being what is called scrim, or papering 

 canvas, which simply sifts the cold as it passes through it, 

 and does not " coddle " the trees so as to make them sus- 

 ceptible to the early spring frosts. 



Hybrid Teas. 



There is yet another class of Roses which has come into 

 much prominence during the last few years, and whose history 

 is a somewhat curious one : we refer to the class known as 

 Hybrid Teas. Since 1890 its progress has been marked, 

 though Rose-cultivators are still looking for a definition of 

 " What is a Hybrid Tea ? " It was known for many years that 

 the " blood," so to speak, of the Tea Rose had been infused 

 into many of our Hybrid Perpetuals ; notably was this the 

 case with such Roses as La France and Captain Christy, the 



