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which has ever been printed. It is possible to have 

 a flower market, where every woman will find a 

 daily exhibition, and on which she will every 

 morning feast her eyes as certainly as she takes 

 her daily bread. It is possible to create such a 

 demand for plants and flowers, that both com- 

 mercial and private growers will keep such a 

 market filled with the most varied and choice 

 productions. A lady walking through this 

 market will not be confined to the few roses 

 already known to her, but all Roseland will 

 be before her. She will not be limited to 

 the stereotyped flowers of the shops, but her 

 eye will feast on a varied richness of which she 

 had never dreamed. Her knowledge of plants and 

 her taste alike will be cultivated, and the desire 

 of possession, with transfer to her own rooms, 

 will come, as it does with the sight of a beauti- 

 ful picture. 



Our subject is a fertile one, but time will not 

 allow me to pursue it farther. I will conclude 

 with a chapter in the world's history hitherto 

 unwritten. 



When Eve first realized the terrible conse- 

 quence of her daring experiment, she cried out, 

 in the very agony of her soul, "What shall I do? 

 All men will curse my name forever. How can 

 I and my daughters bear this burden through all 

 the coming ages?" 



And then from out the cloud, came the voice 

 of infinite compassion : 



" I know thy weakness, and that thou wert de- 

 luded by one more powerful than thou. In my 

 own immutable justice I cannot release the pen- 

 alty, but in compensation for thy sufferings, I 

 will give in abundance to thee and to thy daugh- 

 ters after thee, that which is given only in a 

 limited degree to man. I will give to thee and 

 them a voice soft, low and persuasive, like the 

 music of birds, a beauty of face, a grace of man- 

 ner, a refinement of taste, a quick sense of the 

 beautiful, and a capability of unselfish affection 

 which shall charm all who are near you ; and in 

 the charm men shall forget the sin. And if you 

 obey me, I will give you an abounding sense of 

 my presence and the ability to love me always." 



The voice ceased, and Eve rose up comforted, 

 with a face like the face of an angel. 



May we not confidently appeal to this grace 

 and taste and sense of beauty in the women of 

 New York, to come forward and help us now; to 

 give their presence at all our exhibitions and 

 assemblies; to use their influence with those 

 whom these qualities can charm, and through 



that influence to build a hall and flower market 

 for the New York Horticultural Society. 



LA FRANCE ROSE. 



BY H. G. HOOKER, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Here in Rochester the La France Rose is 

 proving itself worthy of its name and fame. 

 Nothing can excel it in beautiful, delicate color, 

 exquisite and abundant perfume, and profuse, 

 constant blooming from the commencement to 

 the close of vegetation ; just as long as growth 

 is maintained, beautiful bloom will follow; in 

 fact the habit of over-flowering is its principal 

 drawback. Unless high cultivation and libe- 

 ral manuring are furnished, it will be stunted 

 by excessive flowering ; but if freely manured, 

 and a portion of the too numerous flower buds 

 are cut off" in season the results are admirable. 

 At the present writing, August 17th, my nur- 

 sery plantation of one-quarter of an acre of La 

 France roses, where the early flowers were cut 

 off" until the plants were well established, and 

 good culture given, is a place of beauty and 

 fragrance beyond anything I have ever seen in 

 rose growing. Some of the blooms are five 

 inches in diameter, many are four inches 

 across, and all furnish shades of color and re- 

 flections of color on the inside and outside of 

 the petals quite beyond description. As this 

 rose is hardy, at least in the root and nearly so at 

 the top, it ought perhaps to stand at the head of 

 the Hybrid Perpetual class all things considered, 

 as combining the largest number of good points. 

 It will need close pruning, nearly to the ground, 

 every spring, free manuring, and some reduction 

 of the over-numerous flowers. 



THREE POPULAR HONEYSUCKLES. 



BY J. M. 



Just now, in June, when Honeysuckles are in 

 flower, is a good time to note the differences in 

 the kinds. The three most useful climbing 

 Honeysuckles are the brachypoda or Japan, 

 ffexuosa or Chinese, and Hallian or Hall's. Of 

 thesp the first two flower at the same time, the 

 Hall's being a week or ten days later, always. 



If there is any difference in the degree of 

 fragrance, it is probably in favor of the Chinese, 

 though there is but little, if any. The Chinese, 

 having purplish leaves and rosy flower-buds, 

 with cream-colored flowers when expanded, 

 makes the most contrast of any, and, therefore, 

 with those who know the difference, this kind is 



