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Duplex 



Mme. J. Coissard, deep cerise or crimson-carmine, shading to 

 white in center, s. 

 Weber, rose-pink, j-. 



Single 



White Lady, pure white, in. or f. 



Twentieth Century, rose-carmine, shading to white, t. 



Newport Gem, deep pink and violet, j-. 



Fang de Charmer, pink, t. 



Madame X, crimson-purple, variegated white, iii. 



Collarette 



Mme. E. Poirier, deep purple or violet blue, collar white, in. 

 or .y. 



Diadem, carmine rose, collar white and carmine, iu. or t. 

 Grace Loretta, purple magenta, collar nearly white, in. 



Lifting and Storing of Roots 



After the plants are cut down by frost in the autumn, it is 

 customary to allow them to stand for a week or two, on the theory 

 that the roots may thereby perfect their ripening for the winter 

 and that they are better ofif in the ground than they would be in 

 any cellar. However, if there is much tendency to throw up 

 suckers or new shoots, it is probably better to dig the roots at 

 once, as the new shoots are likely to weaken the roots by drawing 

 away more than they give back. And one must remember that 

 it is from the crown or the stem-base rather than from the roots 

 that the shoots for next year are to come and that this crown 

 might be damaged by a freeze that would not injure the lower- 

 lying roots themselves. 



When the lifting time comes, or a few days before, the stalks 

 should be cut close to the ground, using a large knife, sickle, or 

 bush scythe, and making a smooth clean cut. As a root with a 

 broken neck is commonly useless, much care should be exercised 

 in lifting the roots. It is best to use a spade and to drive it down 

 for twelve inches or so all the way around at a distance of twelve 

 mches or more from stalk, and then lift the whole mass carefully 



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