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queen of the tea-scented roses, and will rank the very first among 

 them. Its habit is good, it blooms freely, and its large and beau- 

 tifully imbricated flowers, when open, much resemble in form 

 those of Souvenir de Malmaison. Its color is a delicate salmon, 

 shaded with rose, and its general character highly recommends 

 it as first-rate in every respect. 



Strombiot, T., is an old tea-scented variety, but still one of 

 the finest. Its habit is good, and its large flowers are beautiful 

 and cream-colored. 



Sully is a new and very beautiful rose. Its flowers are finely 

 cupped, large, very double, and quite fragrant. Its color is a 

 pale rose, shaded with fawn. 



Triomphe de Litxembourg, T., is an old and well-known 

 tea-scented variety, and remarkably fine. On its first appear- 

 ance, it was sold in Paris as high as 40 francs per plant. Its 

 cupped flowers are of immense size, and, when half-blown, of 

 great beauty. Their color is buff'-rose, slightly tinged with yel- 

 low. The plant is of luxuriant growth. 



In the preceding list, we have given some of the best varieties 

 of the China Rose, and trust the amateur will find no difficulty 

 in selecting. Many of the varieties we have designated as pillar 

 roses ; and these, so trained, would be beautiful objects on a lawn, 

 either singly, or in groups of three to a dozen. Where the height 

 of the pillars can be gently graduated to the highest in the centre, 

 the effect will be very fine. In the chapter on Culture, we have 

 given more particular directions for pillar cultivation. Many of 

 the luxuriant growing varieties can be trained upon a common 

 pale fence, and will cover it with flowers and foliage the whole 

 season. Straw can be easily thatched over to protect them from 

 the severity of winter, or bass mats would be still better. There 

 is another very beautiful mode of cultivating the most dehcate 

 of these tea-scented roses, Avhich we have never seen adopted, 

 but which we are confident would produce a very fine effect. A 

 large three or four gallon pot should be procured, and painted 

 green on the outside ; a locust post should then be obtained, some 



