Rambler, and later a number of less showy but much more refined flowers
of just the right kind for free use in garden decoration.
Valuable hybrids have also been raised from the Tea Roses, one of the
best known of them being _Viscountess Folkestone_, the subject of the
picture; a grand Rose for grouping in beds or clumps, and one that
yields its large, loose, blush-white flowers abundantly and for a long
season. This merit of an extended blooming season runs through the
greater number of the now long list of varieties of the beautiful hybrid
Teas.
Some of the new seedling Tea Roses have nearly single flowers, and are
none the less beautiful, as those wise folk well know who grow
_Corallina_ and the lovely white _Irish Beauty_, and its free-blooming
companion _Irish Glory_. These also are plants that will succeed, as
will most of the hybrid Teas, in some poor hot soils where most Roses
fail.
Then for rambling over banks we have _Rosa wichuraiana_ and its
descendants; among these the charming _Dorothy Perkins_, good for any
free use.
Those who garden on the strong, rich loams that Roses love will find
that many of the so-called show Roses are grand things as garden Roses
also; indeed, for purely horticultural purposes there is no need of any
such distinction. The way is for a number of Roses to be grown on trial,
and for a keen watch to be kept on their ways. It will soon be seen
which are those that are happiest in any particular garden, and how,
having regard to their colour and way of growth, they may best be used
for beauty and delight.
In the garden where the picture was painted, _Viscountess Folkestone_
has an undergrowth of Love-in-a-mist, that comes up year after year, and
with its quiet grey-blue colouring makes a charming companionship with
the faint blush of the Roses.