This is the view that a correspondent of the London Gardeners' Chronicle takes of new Tea Roses:

During the last few years many new Tea roses have been introduced, but some of the best of the old varieties are so popular that they will hold a high position for years to come. Niphetos, for instance, as a white kind, is not yet equalled. De-voniensis still reigns supreme in its lovely color; Madame Falcot and Safrano are most beautiful in the bud state; Souvenir d'un Ami, too, has long been popular, and its popularity has not declined. Still, with all the good qualities belonging to these good old varieties, we cannot ignore the new and beautiful forms which have been so lavishly distributed in recent years. The best of them are Anna Olivier, flesh color; Amazone, lemon-yellow; Belle Lyonnaise, Catherine Mermet, flesh-colored or salmon-rose; Comtesse de Nadaillac, orange and coppery-colored; Hon. Edith Gifford, beautiful in bud; La Boule d'Or, a fine pot rose, golden-yellow flowers; Madame Jules Margottin, yellow with a pinky tinge: Madame Chedane Guinoisseau, sulphur-yellow, fine form; Madame Lambard, very distinct; Marie van Houtte, a very pretty yellow kind; Perle des Jardins, canary-yellow; Rubens, white, rose-tinted, fine.

The above are not strictly new, and we must add to them the lovely Souvenir d'Elise.