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ing must be governed by the judgment, as different varieties differ very 

 much in habit and growth. When the covering is removed in the 

 spring all dead and discolored wood should be cut off, and throughout 

 the blooming season the blossoms should be cut with long stems and 

 all weak canes cut out. When plants fail to mature the buds, like the 

 Etoile de Lyon, it is a good plan to remove a number of the undevel- 

 oped and imperfect buds and prune severely. As climbing roses pro- 

 duce their flowers on the old wood, none but the dead and weak canes 

 should be cut out. It may be well after blooming to shorten some of 

 the canes, however. 



A few general remarks, and I will close. It does not follow that 

 roses which are good for forcing in a green-house are good bedders ; 

 the reverse is more often the case. It is wiser, therefore, and more 

 satisfactory to select such as will thrive under the conditions that can 

 be given out of doors, although they may not be quite so handsome. 

 It is a good plan, also, to duplicate the best varieties. Half a dozen 

 of a kind would not be too many, if it is a highly satisfactory variety. 



Do not put hybrid roses and tea roses in the same bed if it can 

 be avoided. The hybrids are so vigorous that they are apt to absorb 

 too much of the nutritious qualities of the soil, and besides, they do 

 not look so well. It is better to make a hedge of the hybrids. 



Added to Lhese suggestions, "eternal vigilance" is the price of 

 success with this "Queen" of the garden. 



A list of such roses as I have been most successful with. A num- 

 ber of the plants I have had for 5, 7 and 10 years : 



Marie Van Houtte, Francisca Kruger, Safrano, La Pactole, Mad. 

 de Watteville, Bridesmaid, Countess la Barth, or Duchess de Brabant, 

 Bon Silene, La France, Etoile de Lyon, Marie Guillott, The Queen, 

 Clothilda Soupert, Souvenir D'nn Amie, Lefctie Coles, Hermosa, Mal- 

 maison. Mrs. J. M. Holland, Springfield, Mo. 



Mr. Geo. H. Van Houten of Des Moines, la., gave a splendid in- 

 teresting talk on the fruits and flowers of Oriental lands. 



