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true, but all their energies are exhausted in this forced 

 efFort ; after the first few seasons they languish, and 

 finally disappear altogether. The proper stock for them 

 is the Brier, and even better are the results when they 

 are grown on their own roots. It is comparatively 

 simple to secure a good supply of the best kinds by 

 striking cuttings during autumn : or if bushes are 

 bought, which in tlie first instance have been worked 

 low, we may, by planting them at such depth that the 

 point of union between stock and scion is below the 

 surface, induce the scion to throw out its own roots and 

 thus become independent of the stock. To encourage 

 the emission of roots, a portion of the bark above the 

 old point of union should be cut av>^ay with a sharp 

 knife. Treated thus and grown in beds of deep, loamy 

 soil, the Tea Roses increase in beauty and freedom 

 yearly. And through their six consecutive months of 

 blooming, they display the charm of constant variety ; 

 each month the form of flower and foliage changes ; 

 blossoms gathered in July are quite different from the 

 succession crop of the same variety produced say in Sep- 

 tember, although those of the latter are no less beautiful ; 

 even in winter is there grace of form and subtle colour- 

 ing in the leafless branches of the Tea Roses, especially 

 when they are seen above a spreading carpet of ever- 

 green rock plants. 



In the list at the end of this chapter will be found 

 some of the best of the Climbing Teas, also the Hybrid 

 Teas. The latter are a beautiful race, obtained by 

 crossing the ordinary Tea with the Hybrid Perpetual. 

 A few should be included in the Cottage Garden, for 

 they are slightly more hardy than the parent class, and 

 thus adapted to more exposed positions. The Climbing 

 Teas afford, with other Roses of scandent habit, oppor- 

 tunities for most delightful effects, either on wall, pillar, 

 arch, trellis, or pergola. Nothing can be better in small 



