ROSES AND ABUTILONS 



habit. These are the only two dark Roses 

 I would advise the amateur to make use of. 



Hermosa is a clear, bright pink, quite double 

 and a free bloomer. It has very little frag- 

 rance, but what it lacks in this respect it makes 

 up for in the number of its flowers. 



Clothilde Soupert is a member of the poly- 

 antha class of the family. I consider this really 

 the best of all Roses for the living-room. It is 

 strong in habit, producing a large number of 

 branches, each of which often bears a dozen 

 or more flowers. These are of a soft rose color, 

 on first opening, deepening to bright carmine 

 at the center. After a little the outside petals 

 fade to almost white. The flower is not very 

 large, but it is very double, and because of the 

 plant's habit of blooming in clusters, it is very 

 effective. This variety will succeed where all 

 others fail, and therefore I have no hesitancy 

 in pronouncing it the Rose for the amateur. 



There is but one of the hybrid teas that does 

 even fairly well under average amateur treat- 

 ment. That is La France. If two-year-old 

 plants are procured in spring and grown on 

 well during summer, in pots, they will be likely 

 to give some fine flowers during the winter. Not 

 many, perhaps, but so exquisitely beautiful is 



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