SELECT ROSES, AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. 
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24, are neat growing roses, — each variety by 
itself would make a handsome bed, they also 
make neat standards from two to three feet in 
height ; 22, to see it in its greatest beauty, 
should be planted against a wall oa its own 
roots, and cut hard in at the winter pruning ; 
this will cause it to throw out strong shoots, 
at tlie ends of which will be produced gorgeous 
bunches of flowers ; as a standard it makes a 
great show, but the flowers are only semi- 
double ; 23 is a small very fine shaped rose, 
of neat growth ; 12 is a new rose that, from 
its exquisite colour, will find its way into 
every collection. For six distinct colours and 
good shapes, take Nos. 1, 3, 12, 13, 17, and 
19 ; for twelve, add 2, 4, 5, 7, 14, and 15. 
In pruning, cut to about three or four eyes. 
The beginning of April will be soon enough 
for pruning. In summer, if any very strong 
shoots are pushed out, top them at four or six 
inches off the stock. 
Tea- scented Roses. 
These are so named from their possessing 
more or less the scent of green tea. 
1. Adam, blush rose. 
2. Comte de Paris, pale rosy blush. 
3. Caroline, rose. 
4. Devoniensis, straw, buff centre. 
5. Elisa Sauvage, sulphur, orange centre. 
6. Eugenie Desgaches, bright pale rose. 
7. Goubault, bright rose. 
8. Josephine Malton, shaded white. 
9. Julie Mansais, white, lemon centre. 
10. La Sylphide, pale blush. 
11. Moiiet, rose, deep fawn centre. 
12. Niphetos, pale lemon, sometimes pure 
white. 
13. Grandiflora, deep pink. 
14. Hamon, bright pink and buff. 
15. Odorata, blush. 
16. Buret, bi'ight deep crimson. 
17. Safrano, bright fawn colour. 
18. Vicomtesse de Cazes, yellow, deep 
orange centre. 
19. Yellow, or Yellow China, sulphury 
yellow. 
Nos. 1 to 12 are fine show roses, that open 
their flowers Avithout being deformed ; they 
have all good double flowers and firm petals. As 
standards, on two to three feet stems, they are 
very handsome ; 13 to 15 are worth growing 
for their fine scent ; the flowers are loose when 
fully blown, but the buds the day before fully 
blown are very highly scented ; 16 has the 
tea scent only in a slight degree, but its deep 
colour makes it desirable; 17 and 18 require 
to be grown in the open air, or the colours 
are pale and insipid ; they are very fine as 
standards ; 17 being a vigorous grower, and 
18, will grow well as standards, but in dry 
seasons they only make short shoots ; 19 is 
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the old Yellow China, which is too well known 
to need any comment. If grown as standards, 
the tea-scented roses require protection in 
winter, for as they are continually growing, 
they are very liable to be injured. The best 
way is to take them up, and lay them in a bed, 
in a slanting direction with their heads to the 
north ; they may be laid very thickly in rows 
across a bed, with their heads almost touching 
the ground, and the roots just covered, and 
when the bed is full, some sticks should be 
bent over the whole for mats to rest upon ; 
they may then easily be covered when they 
rrquire it, which is only during frosty weather. 
In this way, a dozen mats cover a bed con- 
taining about 400 plants. In very severe 
weather, say 20 or 25 degrees of frost, it is 
advisable to throw a little litter over the mats, 
unless there is snow. They are planted again 
some time between the middle of March and 
the beginning of April, as the season may be 
early or late. Dwarfs on their own roots, 
planted close to a south wall, stand the 
winter well, if a little mulching is laid about 
the roots and over the ground ; should they get 
covered with insects so as to stop their grow- 
ing, cut them down, and they will soon grow 
up again from their base, and flower fine dur- 
ing the latter part of the summer and autumn. 
In pruning, leave about three or four eyes, 
and cut out the old weak wood. For six dis- 
tinct varieties, take Nos. 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, and 12. 
Except 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18, they all make 
fine roses for pots or planting in the conser- 
vatory. 
China Roses. 
1. Cameleon, very dark velvety crimson, 
and sometimes rose, very changeable. 
2. Cramoisie Superieure, bright deep vel- 
vety crimson. 
3. Eugene Hardy, creamy pale blush. 
4. Lorj-ainii, pale waxy rose. 
5. Marjolin du Luxembourg, deep velvety 
crimson. 
6. Madame Breon, brilliant rose. 
-'- 7. Mrs. Bosanquet, pale waxy flesh colour. 
No. 1 is like the old common blush China 
in growth, and worth planting with that 
variety ; 2 is a very great improvement on 
the old dark China ; for a bed by itself or for 
pots, it is most beautiful ; 3, 6, and 7, would 
also make good beds on their own roots, either 
separately or mixed ; 5 is a large rose of this 
class, a good one for pots, or to plant against 
a wall ; 4 is only fit for pots, being a shy 
grower, but is very handsome in flower ; 
7 ought to be in every collection, it is suitable 
for standards or dwarfs, or any intermediate 
height ; 2, 3, and 6, make neat standards of 
from two to three feet, and require the san^e 
treatment as recommended for the tea- 
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