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on heavy soils. North of New York, though 
partly persistent all winter, this plant is not of 
the same type of evergreen as the holly. The foli- 
age is, however, held better and retains a finer 
colour than that of the California privet. Finally, 
I commend Gardenia to your notice. The char- 
acter of this flower is told by its name, and more 
than that I hardly need say. 
SOME TENDER ROSES 
Where it is possible to give special attention 
to the plants that are not absolutely hardy, 
there is abundant opportunity to greatly enhance 
the effect of the piazza during the season of rose 
bloom. ‘These tender varieties, of course, must 
be taken down from the trellis or pillar and given 
protection over winter, in the manner described 
at the beginning of this chapter. There are 
just a few of these tender roses that are worth 
all the effort that their cultivation entails. 
Reine Marie Henriette (Tea) is one of the 
most brilliantly flowered, so-called red, but really 
almost cherry-coloured roses of all the thousands 
that are in cultivation. It has not been popular 
as a greenhouse vine, but as a trellis rose, where 
it can be given the necessary protection, it far 
surpasses anything else in the family. Beginning 
