TEA-ROSES 



The merits of the many beautiful Roses which are known as 

 tea-scented owing to their peculiar odour, are not yet fully 

 recognized in gardens. They are supposed to be too tender to 

 be grown in the open air, developing their full beauty only 

 under glass ; but with few exceptions they will bear as much 

 cold as most Roses, provided they are afforded protection from 

 nipping wind and frost in early spring, when they are apt to 

 suffer through starting too early into growth. Breeders have 

 done more within the last ten years to improve this class than 

 any other, and there are now hundreds of varieties, many of 

 which are as large and beautiful in form and colouring as the 

 three represented in the plate herewith. Of the 6000 cut 

 blooms of Roses shown at the last exhibition at the Crystal 

 Palace, half were Tea-Roses. They have the valuable quality 

 of flowering freely and continuously from June to November, 

 and even later. They are best on their own roots or budded on 

 seedling Brier. When grafted or budded on the Manetti they 

 are least satisfactory. 



