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vigor, weshall havehybridshardyenough 

 to remain uninjured by any ordinary 

 frost. There is a host to work with. 

 Probably Crimson Rambler, in which we 

 have remarkable color and constitution, 

 will help us to a new type of trellis rose. 



Some of Mr. Dawson's hybrids are 

 already well known, and a few sent to 

 England have been enthusiastically com- 

 mented upon. The Dawson Wichuraiana 

 and Jacqueminot, a climbing cluster rose 

 with semi-double pink flowers, is a better 

 trellis rose than the Crimson Rambler, 

 though not equal to it in color. Wichu- 

 raiana and rugosa is a delicate single 

 rose with trailing habit — a splendid 

 cover plant. Rugosa and Jacqueminot 

 makes a fine bush with deep crimson 

 flowers. Wichuraiana and Jacqueminot 

 has produced two good double varieties 

 almost equal to a hybrid in build of 

 flower; one is a delicate peach, the other 

 deep pink; both are of vigorous constitu- 

 tion. Numerous crosses were made this 

 season, and some interesting information 

 was gathered as tothemanner of making 

 them. If the flowers were left on the 

 plants, the bees would get all the pollen 

 before the operator, so they were brought 

 under glass and ripened. A brush is con- 

 sidered wasteful, so the point of a knife is 

 employed in collecting and applying the 

 pollen. Boston Belle, an old rose of good 

 constitution, was extensively used this 

 season among these hybrids. Seedlings 

 of Wichuraiana crossed by China roses 

 will be watched with interest; they are 

 making pretty plants, all more or less 

 creeping after the habit of the seed parent, 

 but showing much variety in foliage, some 

 being dark like the pollen parent. 



Beautiful landscape effects can be made 

 with the species of roses. From R. cin- 

 namomea, R. spinosissima, and R. 

 blanda, to R. lucida and R. setigera, the 

 prairie rose, gives us a long season of 

 bloom. A month ago R. sjiinosissima 

 was superb. To-day R. setigcra is at its 

 best, the flowers changing from deep rose 

 to white as they mature, make a splendid 

 effect. The rare R. lucida alba is being 

 propagated by thousands; it is a most 

 deserving acquisition. I should not for- 

 get to mention some hybrids with R. 

 multiflora and the Dawson. Some large 

 bushes of these have been blooming in the 

 nursery for a month past. From a dec- 

 orative point of view they are far superior 

 to the common R, multiflora. Immense 

 trusses of semi-double white flowers, occa- 

 sionally tinted, terminate the stems, form 

 ing bouquets in themselves. T. D. II. 



OMflHrVS GREAT EXPOSITION. 



If one wishes to breathe the air of the 

 Riviera with no fear of the Spaniard, he 

 need only sit beneath the snow-decked 

 branches of the fragrant oleanders which 

 surround the east end of the lagoon at 

 the wonderful Trans-Mississippi Exposi- 

 tion. There is a charm cast over the 

 scene as the evening clouds close over the 

 dying sun and you are ushered into an 

 unknown land. One seems to have fallen 

 asleep and is only awakened by a voice 

 coming across the flashing waters of the 

 gem-lit basin below. Hark! What is the 

 voice? Ah, we are surely not in Nebraska! 

 This deep blue, studded here and there by 

 the tardy stars of night, as if ashamed to 

 show themselves t<> their brighter clus- 

 tered rivals, which, sentinel-like, illumi- 

 nate the water's edge; no, not Nebraska; 

 but yes, "Land of the flowing waters," 

 for this is what the Indian name implies. 



Filled with legends is this land. Within 

 its precincts were the famous seven cities 

 of Cibola in the land of Qui vera, the mys- 

 tic city of the westlands. These have 

 all long since vanished and are only 



brought to mind by the annual pageants 

 of the Royal Knights of Ak-Sor-Ben illas- 

 trating the mysterious rites of the more 

 mystic people who are said to have inhab- 

 ited this broad land of blowing winds 

 and ripening grain. But here has arisen 

 another magic city, the Columbian Expo- 

 sition's only rival, or is this the Phoenix 

 arisen from the ashes of the White City 

 on the lake? These fluted columns and 

 stately colonnades and splashing foun- 

 tains that send forth liquid jewels of rar- 

 est hue only to sink into the limpid azure 

 of the rippling mirror to again appear in 

 dreamy blue that suggests the mist of 

 mountain top; changing then to golden 

 rain, now to ruby gold. Are they the 

 memories of the past here taken shape 

 and substance before our eyes? The rich 

 voice of the Venetian gondolier half star- 

 tles one who sits entranced as in a dream. 

 Venice, fair Bride of the Adriatic, could 

 you but arouse your sleeping doges, 

 you would not rest until 30U had brought 

 back the column of Neptune in front of 

 the government building at the far end of 

 this western Court of Honor. 



When some jostling sight seer recalls 

 us from our day dream let us ramble 

 among the exhibits of Nature's handi- 

 craft in the Italian gardens or the vine- 

 decked loggia, for here 



"Tin' roses Fold their silken 1 < -:i \ « ■ -, 



The f"\u r l"V'' shuts its hell: 

 The bone,> suckle and the hirk 



Spread Fragrance through thedell. 

 Let others crowd thegidffj court 



01 mirth and revelrj 

 The simplHJoys that Nature yields 



Are d« arer Far t<> me.' 1 



Ascend the broad staircase leading to 

 the Casino and find your way around to 

 where the colonnades begin the second 

 curve. Look at the scene before 3 - ou; an 

 endless chain of incandescent lights creep- 

 ing around the cornices of each building 

 and the searchlights from the giant See- 

 Saw on Midway flashing from statue to 

 statue along the court. What a beauti- 

 ful vista presents itself from these Italian 

 arbors! For contrast turn to the simple 

 doric columns supporting the heavy 

 framework festooned and garlanded by 

 the tangled vines of the cobea, clematis 

 and madeira. Let us go to the end of the 

 arbor and descend the bidden stairway, 

 then follow the semicircular path over- 



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