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wood. This we did not do last winter. Our plants tliis spring were 



all from the ground. 



Hoping you may have a pleasant meeting, 



I am yours respectfully, 



MRS. \YADE BUEDEN. 

 Springfield, Mo., Dec. 5, 1886. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Xiehon keeps tender roses alive in the open ground by taking 

 away some of the soil from one side of the plants, pegging them, cover- 

 ing with sods, and taking them up in the spring. Plants thus treated 

 he found alive "and ready to grow in the spring, and he never had roses 

 do better than these. 



Mr. Eohards suggested that the geranium was very easily kept over 

 winter in the cellar in almost any way to keep them from freezing. It 

 can be tied by its roots and hung to the joists. They may be planted 

 thickly in a box, given one good watering and thus kept over for the 

 next season. 



Mr. Tracy — They must be well cut back to be kept over in good 

 condition. I know of no way to keep Verbenas in the cellar. 



THE QUEEX OF FLOWERS. 



BY HANS NIELSON, ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. 



In history, song and poetry, the rose has been honored with the 

 name " Queen of Flowers," and when we observe the place it occupies 

 in commerce to-day, it will not be improper to still use the same term. 



Among the various riches of the garden, there are many flowers 

 of great attractions ; some we admire for their beautiful forms, others 

 for their brilliant colors, and others again for their delightful fragrance; 



