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Their subtle tints and sweet fragrance stimulated an interest in the race. Tea Roses 

 are the most queenly flowers of the family, tender and beautiful in colouring, careless 

 in growth, but welcome always for their leaf tints, especially when the young shoots, 

 as crimson as the Pasony, spear through the ground in spring. Such pure colours are not 

 found in any other group,, and either on the plant or when gathered for the house their 

 delicacy is delightful. It is pleasurable indeed to wander into the garden on an autumn 

 morning and gather the dew-spangled flowers, fresher and richer in colour even than in 

 summer, when Roses fling their odorous burdens over shrub and hedge. There is an 

 artlessness and freedom about the Tea Rose — nothing prim or suggestive of the show-board ; 

 and let it be remembered that from early summer until the late autumn, even winter when 

 the weather is kind, this lovely tribe offers its precious gifts. 



Culture of Tea Roses. 



TEA-SCENTED ROSES are easy to grow. They delight in a very sunny position, well sheltered 

 by trees or walls from north and east winds, and with a good selection of the true Teas and 

 the Hybrids the beds would give flowers for many months. Plant each variety in a group by 

 itself, never mixing up the kinds indiscriminately, say twelve plants to one group, with, if 

 desired, Pansies or low-growing flowers amongst them. Make the border in a similar way 

 to one for Vines, giving ample drainage and no surfeit of manure. If the natural soil be poor, 

 take out 3ft. of it, and put in 1 ft. of brick' rubbish and 2ft. of good silky loam, which if 

 somewhat stony will be none the less valuable. Add to the loam some crushed bones or 

 bone meal, and thoroughly decayed cow dung and wood ashes. Put turf at the bottom on the 

 drainage, and well mix the other ingredients. If the soil be very heavy, mix with it burnt 

 clay, and raise the beds a little to throw off superfluous moisture. An old gravel pit filled up 

 witli garden refuse makes a good place for Tea Roses. When dealing with very light and 

 sandy soils, add stiff loam, well pulverised by air and frost. 



The time to plant is October or early November, or in March and April, choosing 

 October before the other times, but Roses may be even planted in August, September, or 



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