182 THE ROSE. 



to begin with crossing varieties of the same 

 family ; the chapter on Typical Roses, which 

 precedes this, should be carefully perused as 

 bearing on this point. 



In this connection it may be profitable for ns 

 to consider briefly the result of Mr. Bennett's 

 labors in the hybridization of roses. Mr. Ben- 

 nett fertihzed the flowers of various Tea Roses 

 with the pollen of Hybrid Remontants, his 

 productions are therefore true hybrids, not 

 crosses merely, and they are classed as Hybrid 

 Teas. Ten of these hybrids have been raised 

 by Mr. Bennett. We would prefer to con- 

 sider sorts that have been longer in cultivation, 

 but there are none such. As a i*ule, the Bennett 

 Roses lack a vigorous and liealthy constitution ; 

 the best of them, for out-door culture, is Michael 

 Saunders, raised from President fertilized by 

 Madame Victor Yerdier. The parents of this 

 sort have comparatively smooth wood, and they 

 are not so widely separated in character as to 

 prevent the production of a healthy offspring. 

 Beauty of Stapleford, the second in point of 

 general usefulness, resulted from crossing Alba 

 Rosea by Countess of Oxford, both smooth- 



