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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[Novembee, 
of Tea Eoses, even as a safe investment for 
money, for such a house, if judiciously fur¬ 
nished and well managed would give a supply 
of cut Eoses sufficient to pay good interest on 
the capital employed. It is not given to every 
one to grow Eoses well enough under glass to 
make them pay; but success would be assured 
more often if attention was given to the follow¬ 
ing points:— 
In the first place the Eose-tree must be 
judiciously potted. Some persons fancy if a 
Eose bush is potted into the centre of a large 
pot, corresponding large results will follow. 
This is a great error. Then the soil is often 
too rich, and too heavy. If the loam is heavy 
some turfy peat may be added to it, as well 
as a portion of leaf mould and decayed stable 
manure. Under glass, the Eose suffers much 
from the attacks of green-fly, but this must be 
destroyed on its first appearance by fumigating. 
Mildew is quite as destructive ; it sadly dis¬ 
figures the leaves, unless it is destroyed on 
its first appearance. A small portion of flowers 
of sulphur dusted amongst the leaves will at 
once destroy it. An easy way to keep it from 
the plants altogether is to paint the hot water 
pipes with a mixture of flowers of sulphur, 
and the continual fumes arising from the pipes 
will keep the parasite away. The experienced 
cultivator acts upon the assumption that green¬ 
fly and mildew will attack the Eoses ; and that 
it is better to keep them off, than it is to 
destroy them when considerable mischief has 
been done. Another thing must be thought 
of, and that is that Tea Eoses should not be 
placed out of doors at all, but kept under 
glass all the year round. See that they and 
all the surroundings are clean, and the results 
will more than compensate for any extra trouble 
that may be incurred. 
This has also been a good season for autumn 
bloom out of doors, especially where the Eoses 
were taken care of—that is, kept clean, well 
watered, and mulched over the roots with 
decayed manure. Indeed, I was led to pen 
these remarks on Tea Eoses after enjoying the 
pleasure of inspecting a very complete collection 
in the garden of Samuel Barlow, Esq., J.P., 
Shimdda Hir, Llandudno. The garden is on 
a fertile part of the Little Orme, and within a 
few minutes walk of the beach at Llandudno. 
There are two things which have been the 
principal factors in bringing these Tea Eoses 
to such a high state of perfection, and that is 
soil and climate. Few gardens can command 
such a deep fertile mountain loam, as is to be 
found here, fewer still the soft equable mountain 
air, during the autumu months. Last but not 
least, there has been skilful culture. 
Mr. Barlow told me that he was tempted to 
invest to a large extent in Tea Eoses, when 
he found that comparing the temperature of 
Chester one cold night in November with that 
of his mountain home on the Little Orme the 
difference in favour of the latter was ll°Fahr. 
The largest proportion of the Eoses is worked 
on the seedling Briar, and it is evidently the 
best stock for them, giving large fine flowers, 
and a more vigorous growth than the Eoses 
worked on the Manetti, although this last stock 
gives excellent results also, and more dwarf 
habit, and a great profusion of bloom ; although 
the Eoses as a rule are not so largo, they have 
however given considerable satisfaction. 
I do not think that Mr. Barlow has planted 
any Tea Eoses on their own roots, but this is 
a system of culture that has much to recom¬ 
mend it. Many of the Tea Eoses, as I have 
proved conclusively, grow quite as vigorously 
on their own roots as they do on any kind of 
stock ; and when cultivated in that way the 
more suckers they throw up the better. I 
found Madame Falcot gave a more vigorous 
growth and produced more Eoses on its own 
roots than in any other way. I took the 
names of the best kinds in Mr. Barlow’s garden 
for flowering in autumn. They are : Anna 
Ollivier, rosy-salmon, full size, a distinct and 
good kind. Amazone, a strong growing variety, 
lemon colour, pretty in the bud. Perle des 
Jardins, a large handsome Eose of a pale yellow 
colour. Madame Hippohjtc Jamain, a well- 
known good kind. Ma Capucine, blooms very 
freely. Madame Charles, soft Apricot. Souvenir 
de Paid Neron, white with a slight flush of 
rose at the edge of the petals. Madame 
Villermoz. Comtesse Riza du Parc, salmon 
rose, large and fine. Etoile de Lyon, sulphur. 
Madame Anyele Jacqtder, blush, full flowers. 
Devoniensis, very fine always. Alba Rosea, 
large, finely formed, and full. Madame Joseph 
Schwartz, a pretty blush white globular Eose. 
Souvenir d'Elise Vardon, was in fine bloom. 
Bouquet d'Or, a good Eose of the Gloire de 
Dijon type. Madame Chedane Guinoisseau, 
pale yellow, flowers very freely, and pretty. 
