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hybrids were introduced. Although called Hybrid Chinese Roses, 
they partook more intimately of the nature of the French and Provence 
Roses than of their Chinese parent ; they were summer-flowering only, 
whereas the Chinese Roses flower from June to November. However, 
in the next stage, the crossing of the Damask with the Hybrid China 
led to a class of Roses with something of the successional flowering 
propensity of the China. These were called Hybrid Perpetual, 
because they had a second flowering to distinguish them from the 
summer-flowering Rose. The influence of the Damask preponderated, 
and it will be observed that in the evolution of the Hybrid Perpetual, 
gallica, Provence, Damask, and indica all played a part. 
The first Damask Perpetual, named ' Rose du Roi/ afterwards 
' Lee's Perpetual,' is said to have originated in the Royal Gardens of 
St. Cloud in 1812. After the lapse of some years, in 1825, ' Gloire 
des Rosamenes,' raised by M. Vibert, appeared, and these may be 
taken to be the forerunners of the great race of Hybrid Perpetuals. 
Precisely how they came about it is impossible to say. Systematic 
cross-fertilization was not practised. The seed heps which had been 
naturally fertilized by insects were gathered and the seed sown in the 
open. From such casual methods marvellous results were obtained. 
By 1840 about twenty varieties were enumerated in the Rose Cata- 
logues. Few of these are now in existence, but in the fifties and sixties 
French raisers contributed such wonderful additions to our Roses as 
'Jules Margottin/ ' General Jacqueminot/ ' Charles Lefebvre/ 'Alfred 
Colomb/ ' Dr. Andry/ ' Duke of Wellington/ ' Fisher Holmes/ ' Prince 
Camille de Rohan/ and ' Xavier Olibo/ which are still with us. From 
i860 to 1890 the Hybrid Perpetual was at the zenith of its reign. It 
is true we now think, with our experience of modern free-blooming 
varieties, that the word Perpetual somewhat overstated the case ; 
nevertheless the Hybrid Perpetual had many merits : it was generally 
hardy in constitution, the flowers usually possessed the real Rose scent, 
and to this class we perforce turned for brilliant reds and crimsons. 
It is necessary for us to consider the Tea-scented Roses (R. indica 
odorata). The first to be introduced to this country was a blush 
variety in 1810, followed in 1824 by a yellow, both from China. Both 
probably originated from the China Rose previously mentioned, and 
for some years these Roses were known as the " Tea-scented China." 
The term " Tea-scented " has never seemed to me very appropriate. It 
is said to have arisen from a fancied resemblance in the scent of these 
Roses to the odour of tea, or, as one writer says, to a newly opened tea- 
chest. I was therefore glad to find that scent experts are courageous 
enough to deny that the odour of tea is perceptible in the so-called 
Tea Roses. 
As a class these Roses are not hardy— some of them are distinctly 
tender— they are not vigorous in growth, and their flowers are deficient 
in scent. They have, however, certain valuable characteristics in that 
they are remarkably free-flowering and the charm of their delicate 
shades of colouring and tinting is beyond question. Enthusiasts 
