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is not practicable, endeavor to preserve them from extinction by culti- 

 vating them near our homes, and, as we watch each unfolding leaf and 

 bud, let us regard them in a spirit of the poet : 



"Your voiceless lips, oh flowers, are living preachers, 



Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book. 

 Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers. 



From loneliest nook. 



'Neath cloistered boughs each floral bell that sw ingeth. 



And tolls its perfume on the passing air, 

 Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth 



A call to prayer." 



THE ROSE, OUEEN OF FLOWERS. 



DR. WM. A. LONG, MOUND CITY, MO. 



Solomon in all his glory, with his cattle on a thousand hills, with 

 his gold, silver and all his heart could wish, was not arrayed like one of 

 these pretty flowers. It is not necessary to look over garden walls for 

 pretty roses. They meet one everywhere. The wearing of flowers is a 

 fashion deserving approval. Rose buds folded, half expanded and even 

 fully blown, worn in their simple, green foliage, add beauty to the hand- 

 somest attire. For instance, we take Catharine Mermet with its ex- 

 quisitely modulated pink ; its buds are worn in St. Petersburg ; in San 

 Francisco ; they shine at every entertainment, and its bushes flourish in 

 the gardens of a dozen nations. 



Crimson roses are rare and the greatest treat in the floral way is a 

 cluster of Jacqueminots with their dazzling colors. Hybrid Perpetuals 

 are the hardiest roses. They are for all practical purposes shrubs. Once 

 planted they continue to grow and bloom for a life-time. 



I have seen specimens of General Jacqueminot, Charles Lefebre and 

 varieties of that order, with a dozen branches, each brilliant with its 



