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but someone said they might be put where they could not be 

 seen. They were moved, and were now ten times better than 

 they ever were. Mr. Foster-Meliiar spoke about his Teas being 

 seriously injured and destroyed by the severity of the winter. 

 He was one of the first to grow Teas in large quantities out-of- 

 doors, and he never lost any. The briar in all its shapes was the 

 best stock as a rule for English roses. 



Mr. Bertram asked what Mr. Foster-Melliar's experience 

 had been with regard to the pruning of Marechal Niels out-of- 

 doors. It was, he thought, a most important question. 



Mr. Foster-Melliar said he had mentioned that Marechal 

 Xiel and Gloire de Dijon should have the shoots of the year be- 

 fore as long as possible, with the old weak wood cut out. A.11 

 his own Marechal Niels were effectually pruned, but they went 

 through a 32 : of frost, and there was an end of them. In answer 

 to the President, he would say that all his Tea roses, of which 

 he grew over 1.000 dwarfs, were all earthed-up like potatoes 

 at the commencement of every winter, about a foot deep. He 

 did not think there could possibly be a better protection from 

 the frost ; but, in spite of all that, a great many of them were 

 killed. He lived in a very low situation, a circumstance very 

 much opposed to the satisfactory growing of roses, Tea roses 

 especially, and therefore, like an Englishman, it was the only 

 flower he tried to grow. 



The Chairman said a great risk was of course run in growing 

 them out-of-doors ; but if a Marechal Xiel was obtained out-of- 

 doors in its integrity, they would get it in its fullest grandeur. 



Mr. G. Bux yard asked for soma experience with regard to 

 De la Grifieraie as a stock. He mentioned that he had some 

 Tea roses which went through some winters very well, but which 

 were killed by the winter of 1880, and he had given it up in 

 despair. He instanced this because others might be on the same 

 track, and it might save them some little trouble. 



Mr. G. Paul said the fault of De la Grifferaie was that it 

 was one of the very earliest, and making roses start too soon was 

 not an advantage. It adapted itself to the Gloire de Dijon. It 

 was also used very largely for dwarf Teas, and for the Gloire de 

 Dijon it was a very useful stock. 



