CATALOGUE OF ROSES. 
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exist, they are valuable as Sarmentous or Pillar Roses in sheltered positions, and 
particularly so under glass. Nothing can be finer than a wall covered with 
Lamarque or Cloth of Gold. The leaflets are five to seven in number. All are 
on their own roots. 
Tea Roses. 
(Rosa Indica odorata.) 
Alt are on their own Roots. 
The Tea Rose may well be taken as a synonym for all that is delicately beau¬ 
tiful. What refinement of color, what subdued yet powerful fragrance do they 
possess! They may justly be called the sweetest of all Roses. The flowers, 
many of them, aie large and very delicate in their shades of colors, such as 
white, straw, salmon, and various tints of rose combined with these. While, as 
a rule, they are inferior to the Hybrid Perpetuals in brilliancy of color, and full¬ 
ness of flower, the distinctions between varieties is equally marked, and for 
bouquets and cut flowers they greatly excel all other classes. Like other tender 
Roses their flowers improve in quality as the season advances, anti reach perfec¬ 
tion in Autumn. In judging the merits of a Tea Rose we do not always con¬ 
sider fullness of flowers a requisite. A Hybrid perpetual is nothing if not at 
least moderately full, but some of our most valued Teas have but very few 
petals, and are comparatively single. Such are Bon Silene, Isabella Sprunt, 
Safrano, etc. All these have exquisitely formed buds, and are therefore prized 
as invaluable. The Teas are more tender than any of the other classes, and need 
a little more care in their protection. We have rejected all varieties that are of 
feeble growth (excepting Mine. F. Janin and Niphetos ,) and unhealthy habit, 
retaining only such as combine beauty of flower with good constitution. 
Hybrid Tea Roses. 
(Rosa Indica odorata hybrida.) 
This is a comparatively new group, flowering as profusely as the Monthly 
Roses, produced from crossing Teas with Hybrid Perpetuals ; it is yet in an 
incipient state ; within a few years there will, doubtless, be a great many varie¬ 
ties introduced. There has not been opportunity for testing the hardiness of 
most of the kinds, but they will probably prove quite as robust as the Victor 
Verdier race of Remontant Roses. La France, the oldest variety of the class, is 
probably more highly prized by connoiseurs than any other Rose, and though 
none of the new varieties in this division have proved her equal, there will yet 
be found, we hope, some worthy companions among them. 
Polyantha Roses. 
(Rosa polyantha.) 
This is an interesting group from Japan, of comparatively recent introduc¬ 
tion. The foliage and flowers are both very small, the later being produced in 
panicles. The original varieties are non-reinontant, but what we offer are crosses 
or hybrids, natural or artificial, between the single-flowered Polyantha and 
varieties of other classes. Teas, etc. They are ever-blooming, of slender growth 
