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beautiful clusters of roses, glowing in crimson and maroon, richer by far 

 than any other flowers will ever be. Hybrid Perpetuals are the hardi- 

 est, largest and most symmetrical of the race. They lack, to be sure, 

 that delicatie commingling of tints so beautiful in the teas. In all other 

 countries than ours they are the roses most sought after, crowding the 

 tables at the rose shows of France and England and occupying the place 

 of honor in every European garden. Of roses, then, we would say, 

 plant closely to avoid bare brown intervals and secure abundant foliage 

 to set off their bloom. Give them a deep, warm soil as rich as may be. 

 Plant firmly, cultivate thoroughly and water well when dry. Simple 

 and unexactingly as are these requirements, they are all a rose will ask 

 to bloom in its rarest beauty — a beauty to which that of all other flow- 

 ers is insignificant. Even without these attentions thousand of roses 

 grow and blossom, nay, even flourish. With them they build in beauty 

 and perfume. It was once thought impossible to use for ornaments any 

 but a closely folded bud, aiid the prejudice was a stubborn one but has 

 happily gone its way to oblivion with a mass of other notions belonging 

 to the past. One of the prettiest ornaments we have lately seen was a 

 chister of several Bon Silene perfectly open and loose showing the 

 light tints in the center far more graceful and easy than an artist could 

 design. 



Now we come to the ever blooming roses which commence to 

 bloom early and continue till late in autumn, for light frosts do not hurt 

 them. 



The Teas have always been the most popular roses in America and 

 more attention is given them than any other grown. But they are 

 rapidly becoming the favorites everywhere. And the great rose shows 

 of London and Lyons arc rich in the flowers of Etoile de Lyon, Perle 

 des Jardins, Edith Gifford, Madame Welch, Catharine Mermet, La Prin- 

 cess Vera, and our American roses, the Sunset and the Bride. 



European writers all confess what we long ago claimed — the utter 

 inability to put down on paper anything like a picture of these roses. 

 Yellow roses on the v.hole arc most satisfactory. Marechal Neil and 

 Perle des Jardins so near alike and Etoile de Lyon can be worn by any 

 one and with any costume. Many a rose discloses an unsuspected 

 beauty when gracefully worn and there will be no one to question that 

 the practice is a pleasing one. 



Now we come to our own homes, which we ought to ornament with 

 flowers and teach our children to cultivate and thus make home more 

 attractive. It will keep our children at home. It will keep them out 



