October 20, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
849 
Tea-scented and Noisette Roses for Cutting. 
Many varieties of sterling merit have during recent years been added 
to our lists of Tea Roses. This must tend to make them increasingly 
popular, and will doubtless have the effect of causing them to be grown 
even more extensively, for there are very few places in which the supply 
is equal to the demand. Without having any intention to write dis¬ 
paragingly of the merits of Hybrid Perpetuals, which are extremely 
beautiful in their way, it is nevertheless well to note the fact that very 
few ladies would choose a bloom of one in preference to a well grown 
Tea Rose. The delicious perfume, characteristic form, and exquisitely 
shaded colours of Tea Roses give them a beauty of their own which 
compels instinctive admiration ; yet in many gardens of pretension, 
where the former are grown by the hundred, a few dozens only of the 
latter are cultivated in the open air. True, this may be accounted for to 
some extent by the comparative tenderness of Teas, but after making 
due allowance for that it seems somewhat strange that it should be so 
when there are so many sheltered positions in gardens in general where 
these great favourites would grow and flower to perfection. Plants on 
their own roots may also be safely grown as bushes in beds and borders 
if 3 inches of leaf soil, cocoa-nut fibre, or short strawy manure are placed 
around the s f ems before severe weather sets in. When this precaution 
is taken, although the wood may in very severe winters be killed to the 
ground, the roots, or rather the stem, will again send up strong suckers, 
which will give good blooms late in the season. 
Early in November last year I planted against a low south wall the 
following varieties Adam, Innocente Pirola, Souvenir d’un Ami, 
Safrano, Caroline Kuster, Hon. Edith Gifford, Anna Olivier, Madame 
Lambard, Rubens, Ernest Metz, Ma Capucine, Comtesse de Nadaillac, 
Madame de Watteville, Perle des Jardins, Princess of Wales, The Bride, 
Madame Riza du Parc, Bougere, and Souvenir d’Elise. When the 
planting was completed, leaf soil to the depth of 3 inches was placed 
around each bush, so as to form a mound about 18 inches in diameter. 
Notwithstanding the severe winter which followed, every bush grew, 
and only one among the number had the wood killed to the ground, this 
being that reputedly tender variety Madame de Watteville. Strong 
suckers were, however, sent up in the spring which produced several 
good blooms during August. Perle des Jardins and Ma Capucine 
have grown wonderfully well and produced a surprising number of 
blooms. Even now (October 8th) I have counted from nine to twelve 
promising buds on several of the plants, and if we escape sharp frosts 
for another week, most of these buds will be sufficiently advanced to be 
cut. The first named of these two varieties has a delicious perfume, 
and good blooms, almost equal in appearance to Marbchal Niel. Con¬ 
sidering its hardiness and high quality I consider Perle des Jardins to 
be one of the very best among Tea Roses. Ma Capucine has one 
defect—viz., very little scent. The buds, however, are of exquisite 
form, and the colour coppery yellow. This variety is especially suitable 
for supplying beautiful buds late in the season. Both The Bride and 
Innocente Pirola are good growers and produce exceptionally fine 
flowers. The first named, like its parent, Catherine Mermet, throws up 
strong shoots, which are surmounted by a number of fine buds. This 
variety, for form, substance, and purity, is the best white Tea grown. 
Hon. Edith Gifford, with its salmon-rose centre, supplies a colour which 
finds many admirers. The flowers are very large and full, but are not 
so freely produced as is the case with some varieties. Madame Lambard 
is a most useful and telling variety. The bright red colour of its flowers 
is one which is much wanted. Among Teas, on that account, it should 
be freely planted ; it is, moreover, one of the most hardy and floriferous 
of its class. In some soils and positions the flowers come much paler in 
colour than in others, the best coloured ones being produced on plants 
growing in a heavy staple. 
Adam and President are, I think, too much alike for both to be 
included in a collection. They are moderate growers, and produce their 
salmon-coloured flowers freely. Bougere is another very fine Rose for 
cutting, and, although not bearing many flowers at any particular time, 
is scarcely ever without a few. Souvenir d’Elise is, I think, one of the 
very best and most beautiful. Princess of Wales has proved the weakest 
grower among our collection. It is greatly admired when the buds are 
in a half-opened stage, the colour then being rose-yellow, which is both 
novel and attractive. Comtesse Riza du Parc is a variety not much 
grown, but it is a most useful one for supplying a quantity of cut 
blooms of a metallic rose colour. Almost everyone knows of the great 
value of Celine Forestier as a wall Rose, but few are aware that it is so 
thoroughly hardy. We have several bushes growing in a very exposed 
position which have withstood the severe cold of the last two winters, 
with the loss of only a few small shoots. 
Old trees of Homere and Ophire on walls have throughout the 
summer given us a wealth of lovely buds, such good growers and free 
flowers as these two are indispensable where quantities of Tea Roses are 
required. Safrano fleurs rouges, like its well-known relative, is beautiful 
in the bud, flowers freely, and somewhat resembles Madame Lambard in 
colour. Madame Berard is a very strong grower, being good for cover¬ 
ing arches and high walls. The flowers are similar to those of Gloire de 
Dijon, but of a brighter colour. When cut, however, they do not last so 
long as those of the latter variety. William Allen Richardson and 
Reine Marie Henriette are two grand varieties, useful alike for growing 
both indoors or out, as also are Niphetos and its climbing form. 
I find Tea Roses are valuable for affording flowers during September 
and October, as well as during the summer months ; but to do them 
justice in the autumn a good deal of attention should be bestowed upon 
collecting and preparing them for that special purpose. I make a 
practice of collecting any buds which are beginning to open every after¬ 
noon. Some of these are not very attractive in appearance when 
gathered on account of the outer petals being browned by wind and 
rain. These are removed, and where practical the remaining petals 
loosened with the handle of a budding knife; the flowers are then 
placed in warm water and kept in the fruit room for twelve or twenty- 
four hours, during which time they open considerably, and are then 
ready for decorative purposes. They last several days and develop into 
full blown Roses. Anyone who has not hitherto done so will do well to 
give this little extra attention to Roses whenever the weather is un¬ 
favourable for their development.—H. Dunkin. 
PLAGIARISM. 
We have received the following letter, which we do not hesitate to 
publish ; and regret extremely that an evidently able man should have 
allowed himself to appropriate and use as his own the experience and 
literary work of Mr. Barron. In the conditions attaching to the pro¬ 
duction of essays for our silver medals it is made imperative that every 
quotation used should be indicated in inverted commas and the source 
fully acknowledged, and that every book from which knowledge is 
gained shall be mentioned. This is only just and fair to authors, and 
our desire is to discountenance all such literary immorality as is repre¬ 
sented in this case. 
Mr. Barron’s Letter. 
Permit me to direct your attention to a report of an essay on “ Grape 
Vines and Their Cultivation,” read at a meeting of the Devon and 
Exeter Gardeners’ Association by Mr. McCormick, which is almost a 
word for word extract from my book “ Vines and Vine Culture.” 
I have no objection to Mr. McCormick or anyone else making copious 
extracts from my work; indeed, I take it as a compliment, but in all 
fairness he ought to have acknowledged the source of his knowledge, and 
not try to sail under false colours. 
You will see by the copy I have marked, the extent of the cribbing I 
complain of, and as I note it is “ to be continued,” I must ask you to 
inform Mr. McCormick that I object, and I shall demand of him a 
suitable apology.—A. F. Barron, Author of “ Vines and Vine Culture.” 
Entered at Stationers' Hall. 
Mr. Barron’s Book. 
Chop the turves with the grass 
and fibre roughly to pieces, and to 
5 or 6 cubic yards of this material 
add 1 yard of old lime rubbish or 
broken bricks, a portion of char¬ 
coal, wood ashes, or burnt soil. 
. . . Those ingredients, well 
mixed, will constitute the main 
body of soil, . . . but is 
subject ... to considerable 
modification as to proportions, 
according to the quality of the 
loam ... If the loam used 
is of a sandy nature, less of the 
lime rubbish must be used, as the 
object ... is ... to give 
porosity to the soil. If, on the 
other hand, it is of a clayey nature, 
a much greater proportion of lime 
rubbish will be required. 
In many places it may be very 
difficult to obtain soil at all ap¬ 
proaching that which is here re¬ 
commended, but let no one despair 
of cultivating Grapes on that ac¬ 
count. Vines will grow, and grow 
well, in soils of a much inferior 
nature under careful management. 
Manures. —For the growth of 
Vines nearly all soils require the 
addition of some fertilising in¬ 
gredients. . . . Not very many 
years ago it was the popular belief 
and custom in the formation of a 
Vine border to bury the carcases of 
animals—such as horses, cows, &c. 
—in the border, under the mis¬ 
taken idea that the roots of the 
Vines revelled in such putrid 
matter ; a more stupid idea never 
existed. At the present time very 
Mr. McCormick’s Paper. 
I advise chopping the turf with 
the grass and fibre roughly to 
pieces, and to 5 or 6 cubic yards 
of this add 1 yard of old lime 
rubbish or broken bricks, a por¬ 
tion of charcoal, wood ashes or 
burnt soil ; these well mixed will 
constitute the main body of the 
border, but are subject to con¬ 
siderable modification as to pro¬ 
portions according to the quality 
of the loam. If this be of a sandy 
nature less of the lime rubbish 
must be used, as the object in 
employing it is to give porosity to 
the soil. If, on the other hand, it 
is of a clayey nature a greater 
portion of lime rubbish will be 
required. 
In many places it may be very 
difficult to obtain soil at all ap¬ 
proaching that which I have recom¬ 
mended, but let no one despair of 
growing Grapes on that account. 
Vines will grow well in soils of 
a much inferior nature under care¬ 
ful management. 
Manures. —For the growth of 
the Vine nearly all soils require 
the addition of some fertilising 
agent. Not very many years ago 
it was a popular plan to bury the 
carcases of animals such as horses, 
cows, &c., in the borderg, under 
the mistaken impression that the 
roots revelled in such putrid matter. 
A more erroneous idea never ex¬ 
isted. At the present time very 
different notions prevail in regard 
to manures, and also the making 
