The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ossible on a south wall, togather May harvests of the charming buds ofMadame Falcot, Isabella Spunt, and the never-failing old favourite, Gloire de Dijon. The latter is, without exception, the best Tea forwalls or aught else. By growing it on everypossible aspect it is equivalent to several distinctvarieties of Rose, while very much may be doneto extend its season in the open for nine monthsout of the twelve. No one, however, who has notgrown the Glory on a north wall has yet seen it inall the delicac
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ossible on a south wall, togather May harvests of the charming buds ofMadame Falcot, Isabella Spunt, and the never-failing old favourite, Gloire de Dijon. The latter is, without exception, the best Tea forwalls or aught else. By growing it on everypossible aspect it is equivalent to several distinctvarieties of Rose, while very much may be doneto extend its season in the open for nine monthsout of the twelve. No one, however, who has notgrown the Glory on a north wall has yet seen it inall the delicacy and beauty of manifold perfectionof colour, size, and shape. Those only familiar withthe old Glory, as generally seen from bed or border,or gathered almost full blown from the all toofostering sides of southern or western walls, willhardly be prepared for its delicate tint and grace ofform that it leisurely assumes when grown on a northwall or a specially cool shady border. But sufficientfor the day—March 22—must be the Tea Roses onwalls thereof, and hence, with your permission, the. ElG. 7(3.—CAMELLIA MR. E. J. LOWE & MINIATURE WHITE. (sEE P. 426.) nautical men delight in describing to the mystifica-tion of mere landsmen or bewildered enthusiasticRuse growers. Almost all our Teas will thrive and bloom well onwalls of any and every aspect throughout the greaterportion of England. In some of our warmer anddrier counties the best of all aspects for perfectblooms throughout the summer and autumn monthsis due north. Here, in the cool shade, many Teasput on a delicacy of form and of colour, andhave sweetness that they never reach under anyother circumstances. Who can measure thevalue of such Rosea in the sultry days of June andJuly, when the life and beauty of many Teas, suchas Madame Lambard, is breathed out in the earlymorning, while the rosarian yet sleeps? And thenin direct contrast to this, who can appraise thedelight the rosarian, who has a south wall of Teas,as he hie
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