TEA ROSES 95 



yellow, with bright rose edge. It needs a border at the 

 foot of a warm wall to be seen at its best. Makes a good 

 standard. Splendid on a warm wall. 



Medea. — A fine Tea rose, with rather big blooms of 

 good shape. Often shown at exhibitions. Growth is 

 vigorous, though the plant is not very free flowering, 

 and only recommended to exhibitors. 



Meta. — Crushed strawberry colour, suffused with 

 yellow. Very fragrant. 



Miss Alice de Rothschild. — One of the newer Teas, 

 having large, well-formed citron-yellow blooms. The 

 growth is fairly vigorous. Promises to be a good garden 

 variety. 



Molly Sharman Crawford. — ^White, vigorous. A fine 

 novelty. 



Mrs. Alfred Westmacott. — ^White, tinted pale rose. 

 Very beautiful. 



Mrs. B. R. Cant. — A very free-flowering Tea, with 

 rose-red blooms that make a good display in the garden, 

 but have few claims to fine form. 



Mrs. Edward Mawley. — ^A great favourite with exhi- 

 bitors ; the blooms are large, of perfect form, of cannine 

 and salmon-pink shades. The growth is only moderately 

 strong, and it cannot be recorrmiended as a garden rose. 



Mrs. Foley Hobbs. — ^Among the newer Tea roses this 

 is one of the most promising. The blooms are large, of 

 good form, ivory-white with faint tinge of pink, and 

 growth is vigorous. 



Mrs. Herbert Stevens. — ^This, too, is a novelty that 

 shows much promise. It grows strongly, has perfectly 



