HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 



possible to produce roses of a sufficiently hardy type to make their culture 

 more general and satisfactory, and this principle of selection may be carried 

 out along very many lines of production of trees and plants. 



From the old, single, modest petunia marvels of size in blossoms, and 

 the widest variations in colors, have been produced by selection and cross- 

 breeding of this very desirable flower, while the same and equally valuable 

 results have been obtained in the culture of the carnation. 



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