38 : ANNUAL REPORT. 
‘oy Roses. 
Hardy roses are the Cinnamon, Blush roses, Harrison rose, Per- 
sian Yellow rose, and Queen of the Prairie for a climbing rose; 
this needs protection with litter from the horse stable. The same 
protection answers for Hybrid Perpetual, and even tea roses. 
Bulbs. 
Peonies are easily grown and any one can grow them. For tulips 
only the slightest protection is needed. They should be taken up 
once in three or four years and the surplus bulbs given to poorer 
neighbors. 
Shrubs. 
Of shrubs easily propagated and perfectly hardy there are the 
Snowball and Lilacs, and if one has no money with which to buy, 
he can get the common Waboo or Burning-bush, which is very fine, 
but blooms at a different season. The berries, of a crimson color, 
give the plant the appearance of a burning flame. The High-bush 
Cranberry is still another fine wild shrub, easily obtained. 
Bedding Plants. 
Mr. Elliot:—The wahoo grows commonly on bottom lands. 
The verbena, geranium and pyrethrum, or fever-few, are fine bed- 
ding plants, left out by Mr. Harris. The verbena is not excelled, 
and gives continuous bloom from early tili late. The geranium is 
likewise very fine. The fever-few is much used in cemeteries, and 
gives agreeable variety. The gladiolus should be classed with the 
tulip, as one of the finest bedding plants. Of lilies there are the 
Japan, tiger, blackberry, and white day lily. The wahoo we should 
all go into the cultivation of, mere than we do. The berries are of 
the shape of bittersweet berries, and the foliage turns crimson after 
frost. 
Preservation of Plants. 
Mr. Harris :—I practice a method of keeping geraniums by which 
any one can handle them. I dig them up before frost, cut back the 
tops pretty close, set in a box of such size as can be handled ea- 
sily, and put them in the cellar. No matter how dark it may be; 
