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death will ensue ; some air will needs be ad- 

 mitted ; the plants must be protected but not 

 smothered. 



The Tea class is much more uniform in 

 the characteristics of the different varieties 

 than are any of the other large groups. In 

 judging of their merits we lay less stress on 

 fulness of flower than on other claims, be- 

 cause most of those which have compara- 

 tively few petals are very beautiful in bud, 

 and it is for the buds that Teas are largely 

 prized. Thus Isabella Sprunt and Marie 

 Guillot are two roses highly prized, but one 

 of them is only semi-double, while the other 

 has so many petals that they do not always 

 unfold satisfactorily. The flowers vary very 

 greatly in size as well as in fulness, some of 

 them, like Canary, Caroline, and Monsieur 

 Furtado, being quite small, and others being 

 large, as Madame Bravy, Souvenir d'un Ami, 

 etc. 



This has now become such a large division 

 that it is no easy matter to select a num- 

 ber of varieties for commendation, but those 

 named below are among the most beautiful, 

 and also of the most healthy habit a very im- 

 portant feature to be considered. 



Bon Silene, Isabella Sprunt, and Safrano 

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