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to be wondered that they are favorites. I give a list of twelve kinds, 

 distinct in color and of free-blooming habit and vigorous growth com- 

 bined: Coquette de Alps — pure white, cupped, constant; Gen. Wash- 

 ington — rich crimson, double and free ; Giant of Battles — scarlet, crimson, 

 very free ; Gen. Jacquemont — crimson, very beautiful in bud ; Marquis 

 Bocella — hardy, blush, constant ; Mad. Masson — rich, ruby red, very fine 

 and free; La Reine — large, globular, purplish rose; Mad. Chas. Wood — 

 fine crimson, purplish, probably the finest rose in cultivation of its color; 

 Peony — bright crimson, constant and free ; Princess Camille de Rohan — 

 maroon, shaded black and crimson ; Pius IX. — rich, deep rose, shaded 

 purple; La France — rich bloom, peach color, very fragrant. All the 

 above roses are quoted hardy, and most of them are, in the true sense of 

 the word ; yet all are benefited by bending down and covering with a 

 few sods, or, better still, a barrowful of stable manure thrown on each 

 and lightly forked in round them in spring. The proper time to plant 

 hardy roses, in my judgment, is in the fall, though they will succeed well 

 planted in spring, and from pots can be planted at any time in summer. 

 All these need pruning back closely in spring, say to two or three eyes 

 from the previous season's growth. All old and spindling growths should 

 be cut out entirely, and after the first bloom is past bending them down 

 will start a new strong growth from the ground, in hybrid perpetuals, 

 which will bloom finely through summer and fall. 



Bourbon Roses. — These are nearly as hardy as the hybrid perpetuals 

 and are very free bloomers. I give a list of six varieties, which are very 

 fine : Appoline — large pink, in clusters ; Bourbon Queen — flesh, shaded 

 fawn ; George Peabody — fine crimson ; Joseph Gordon — bright red, 

 in clusters ; Hermosa — bloom, rich pink, cupped ; Malmaison — large, 

 beautiful, flesh changing to white. 



Noisette ^or Climbing Monthly Roses. — Cloth of Gold — beautiful lemon 

 yellow ; Gloire de Dijon (classed with the Teas, but it has the habit of a 

 true Noisette) — color deep buff, shaded yellow and salmon ; Lamarane — 

 pure white, in clusters ; Marshal Neil — splendid deep yellow ; James 

 Sprunt, or Climbing Agrippina, probably a China, but succeeds well as a 

 climber ; Washington — pure white, in immense panicles ; these, to be 

 enjoyed, should be trained to a pillar or rafter in a green-house or con- 

 servatory, when, with good care, they are hardly ever out of bloom. 



Tea Roses. — In a short article like this justice cannot be done to 

 them. They are of very easy growth, and can be had in strong young 

 plants in spring very cheap, in all shades — pure white, blush, bronze, 

 rose, yellow, crimson, etc. No lady who has once grown them will 

 willingly do without them, they are so beautiful for bouquets all summer 

 and fall. I can name but a few varieties, though there are probably more 

 than a hundred different kinds : Adrien Christoval — deep rosy pink, 

 bronze, shaded; Bon Silene — bronzy pink, very fragrant; Duchess de 

 Brabant — rich warm pink ; Mad. Bravy — beautiful pure white ; Perle des 

 Jardins — rich deep yellow ; Safrano — saffron buff, very free and fine. 



China Roses. — Agrippina — fine double crimson ; Archduke Charles — 

 pink, edged crimson; Cels — blush, very free bloomer; Queen of Lom- 



