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by passers-by, a residence of almost any style appears handsomer when 

 observed from the front across a stretch of lawn than when seen at 

 the end of a straight walk, directly in front of it. Fourth, the advan- 

 tages that have been named will appear about equally marked in 

 reverse order — to a person standing on the front veranda or looking 

 from the front windows. Fifth, in the present instance the location of 

 a [bold, irregular group of flowering shrubs directly in front of the 

 veranda gives a better effect than if the same shrubs were arranged in 

 one or more beds on either or both sides of a straight walk, as in the 

 original plan. — From "Taste and Tact in Arranging Home and Other 

 Grounds," in "American .Gardening" for July. 



When I began to grow roses in the city, I was told by a number 

 of men clever in gardening that success in my undertaking was out of 

 the question, because of smoke, dust, gases, foul air, etc. I paid no 

 attention to their warnings or advice, well knowing that if the roses- 

 received six to eight hours of sunshine each day, and care such as is 

 given by skilled men in the country, my chances for success were as 

 good as theirs. I have grown pretty good roses of the leading monthly 

 varieties in the city of Brooklyn for the last seven years. 



Every year, about the first week in July, I set young rose-plants 

 in fresh soil. The cuttings from which they are grown are taken from 

 healthy plants the preceding December and placed in the propagating 

 bed ; they root in from 21 to 28 days. When nicely rooted I prick 

 them off in flat boxes, setting the plants 2^ or 3 inches apart, and grow 

 them on until they are large enough to be placed in 4 or 5-inch pots. 

 Great care must be taken that the roots of young rose-plants are not 

 broken when removing them from flats to pots. From the 4-inch pots 

 my plants are shifted into larger ones before planting in those that are 

 to hold them while blooming. * * * 



Buds must be kept pinched out until the young rose-bushes are 

 strong enough to bloom ; with proper care they ought to be in good 

 condition for this by September 30. 



The house in my charge has a span-roof east and west, and is 

 heated by hot water. I use for roses elevated benches five inches 

 deep, with the bottom boards left wide enough apart to allow free 

 drainage. I put a light layer of shavings over them to keep the soil 

 from going through these openings. The benches are from 4 to 6 feet 

 from the glass, and I use galvanized wire to keep the roses in place. 



To keep down the green-fly, fresh tobacco-stems are moistened and 

 strewn on the hot-water pipes ; and the evaporating-pans are filled 

 with a liquid prepared by steeping tobacco-stems in water. My roses 



