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gardens, Roses may be made very effective planted in 
borders about our lawns, either individually or in groups, 
and also planted in beds on the lawn. Thoughtlessness 
often leads people to plant Roses under the shadow of 
overhanging buildings, or close to large deep-rooted trees; 
and then there isinguiry and wonderment why the plants 
are always covered with mildew, and why they do not 
blossom and grow as those in a neighbor’s yard, where 
there are always beautiful Reses to be seen. There is 
much more in common, or should be, between animal 
and plant life, than is practically acknowledged by most 
of those whe strive te grow Roses. Both demand for 
their perfect development a sufficiency of nourishing 
food and drink, a pure atmosphere, a temperature as 
equable as possible, and thorough cleanliness. Let every 
one who plants Roses bear this in mind, and we shall 
find a wonderful imprevement in the quality and quan- 
tity of the flowers. Some having heard that a free circu- 
lation of air and abundance of sunshine are essential 
elements of success, select a spot which would be excel- 
jent for a windmill, observatory, beacon, or Martello 
tower; and there the poor Rose stand, or more acurately 
speaking, wobble, with their leaves like King Lear’s 
silver locks, rudely blown to-and-fro by contending wind 
and rain. Others who have been told that the Rose loves 
shelter, peace and repose, have found such a dear snug 
little spot, not only surrounded by dense evergreen shrubs 
but overshadowed by gianttrees. Restis there assuredly, 
rest for the Rose, when its harrassed life is past, when it 
has nothing more for disease to prey upon, no buds for 
the catterpillar, no foliage for the aphis, the rest of a 
mausoleum! We were taken not long ago to a cemetery 
of this description, and there was such a confident ex- 
pression of praise upon the face of the lady who took us 
