Rkwarps in tue Flower Garden. Ill 



The last rose needs no protection, or the Virginia Creeper, but 

 the other roses need a mat, hay or straw wrap ; but it is better to 

 take them down and cover with marsh hay suflicient to keep off 

 the winter's sun. 



Lastly, The Bose, the queen of flowers, the perfection of beauty 

 in all its combinations ; in classes numerous, in variety number- 

 less. Of June roses, including Mosses, there are a few we would 

 not discard ; of Hybrids, we could not spare Gen. Jacqueminot 

 and La France! But of all the Roses, the everblooming will 

 repeat its joy daily from June to November — always a bud, 

 always a blossom — an endless variety. We need not give you 

 names. Order the colors you want — one dozen can be had for 

 one dollar and a half. But amid all this beauty and fragrance 

 there is one little drawback; of fifty fine, blooming plants we 

 protected and left out last winter, this spring they all came out 

 dead. By potting in October, cutting back severely, and keeping 

 in a cool room, you will succeed in wintering them. I shall dig, 

 cut back, and try packing in moss and earth, and putting in the 

 cellar this fall. Try them ; they pay for themselves four times 

 over in one season. If you fail to winter them, buy more. Don't 

 try to keep flowers without at least a dozen of the sweet-scented, 

 ever blooming roses. One lady visiting our grounds last summer 

 said she was " going to have an acre of them." Hoping to induce 

 some one to go and do likewise, I submit this brief paper on 

 outdoor flowers and plants with all their thorns to your com- 

 passionate consideration. 



Mr. S. Barter, of Markesan, presented a paper on the 



REWARDS IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



To a practical people, composed of the most intelligent and 

 enterprising citizens of all the leading nations of the globe, in 

 addition to our own ; cemented together bv a common bond of 

 brotherhood and nationality, the most common question usually 

 raised in regard to any business or enterprise is, does it pay ? To 

 many persons it is difficult to understand how the amateur florist 

 can be induced to devote so much time and labor to the care and 



