Hybridizing. 



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In addition to the above the following Tea and Hybrid Tea-scented may be named, 

 but these should be grown under glass : Germaine Trochon, Madame Berard, 

 Waltham Climber No. I, Anna Olivier, Corallina, Madame Hoste, Madame Lambard, 

 Papa Gontier, Safrano, Souvenir de Madame Sableyrolles, Alice Furon, Antoine 

 Rivoire, Belle Siebrecht, Caroline Testout, Gruss an Teplitz, La Fraicheur, Lady Mary 

 Fitzwilliam, Liberty, Madame Abel Chatenay, Madame Ravary, Marie Louise Poiret, 

 Souvenir de Madame Eugene Verdier, Marquise Litta, White Lady. 



These varieties are chosen because easy to deal with, and with them, or any por- 

 tion of them, the operator may commence. He will see quickly the effects of his 

 labour, and is thus encouraged to go on. He may then add the less certain and more 



Fig. 31. IDEAL ROSE, form globular. 



desirable seed-bearers at subsequent periods, when he has acquired by practice more 

 knowledge of the art. 



It must be well known to those who have attempted to raise seedling Roses that 

 with most varieties there is a difficulty in ripening the seed sufficiently out of doors 

 to ensure germination, owing to our short summers and cloudy skies. Seed-bearers 

 should therefore be planted in the sunniest spot in the garden, and every inducement 

 should be offered to obtain an early development of flowers. My seed-plot (Fig. 30) 

 is composed of 13 beds, edged with box, the walks of gravel. It faces and is open to 

 the south, and is surrounded on the north and east sides with a lofty wall, and on the 

 west with a hedge of Maiden's Blush Roses. The wall is covered with Tea-scented 

 Roses. The plants are in flower a fortnight earlier than those in the open borders, 

 and owing to this early flowering and the warm situation the autumn usually brings a 

 fair crop of well-ripened seed. 



