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In order to make a success of your bed of Tea 

 Roses — though perhaps I ought to say ever-bloomers, 

 for probably your selection will include other varieties 

 than the Tea — you must have a rich soil for them to 

 grow in. When a branch has borne flowers, it must 

 be cut back to some strong bud. This bud will, if your 

 soil is rich enough to encourage vigorous growth, soon 

 become a branch, and produce flowers. It is by con- 

 stant cutting back that you secure new growth, if the 

 soil is in a condition to help it along, and only by 

 securing this steady production and development of 

 new branches can you expect many flowers. All 

 depends on that. If proper treatment is given you 

 need not be without flowers — unless you cut them all 

 — from June to October. 



I give a list of some of the most desirable varieties 

 for planting out in summer : 



Catherine Mermet (Fig 59), flesh color, with 

 large flowers and beautiful buds ; very sweet ; a good 

 bloomer, and always a favorite. 



Cornelia Cook, white; fine in flower, but most 

 pleasing when buds are just opening; free. 



Duchesse de Brabrant, rosy carmine ; very fine. 



Douglas, velvety crimson ; a lovely flower. 



Etoile de Lyon, golden yellow flowers, produced 

 with great freedom ; a superior sort. 



Hermosa, bright pink ; very full and fragrant ; a 

 constant bloomer ; one of the old standbys. 



Marie Guillot, white ; delicately tinged with 

 cream ; exquisite. 



La France, hybrid tea ; a most lovely flower, of 

 pale, silvery rose ; very large ; full and deliciously fra- 

 grant; one of the most popular of all roses, and 

 justly so. 



Papa Gontier, large flower, with fine buds ; 

 carmine. 



