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ing of beautiful surroundings: " Whenever I pass by a home 

 with beautiful flowers, I always think they are nice people who 

 live there." This sentiment is doubtless recognized by us all, 

 though perhaps not always so candidly expressed. 



The multiplicity ot names given to the different classes of roses 

 such as Tea Roses, Hybrid Perpetual, Bengal, Bourbon, Noisette, 

 &c., while they may be understood by the professional florist, are 

 certainly very confusing to the amateur. 



For the information of the general public, [ prefer to class them 

 as hardy and tender roses and subdivide them into three kinds,, 

 viz: the annual or June roses ; the occasional bloomers (known 

 as Hybrid Perpetuals) and the ever-blooLiing roses, the latter kind 

 being nearly all too tender to survive our northwestern winters, 

 when left in the ground. 



The June roses and Hybrid Perpetuals are all hardy and can be 

 easily protected in the winter — the same bushes continuing for a 

 number of years to produce a rich abundance of beauty and fra- 

 grance. 



I will name a few of the June roses that bloom only once in each 

 summer. This includes all the moss roses, the yellow and white 

 Scotch roses, Madame Plantier (the best of white roses) Seven Sis- 

 ters, Cinnamon rose, Hundred leaf rose, &c. 



The best of the occasional bloomers or Hybrid Perpetuals that 

 have been grown under my observation are Louis Odier, Joseph^ 

 Paxton, General Washington, General Jacqueminot, La France, 

 and Madame Charles Wood. These are the most profitable kinds 

 of this class of roses to cultivate, as some of them will be likely to 

 produce buds and blossoms continuously from June to October. 



Of the tender roses known as "Ever Bloomers," there are many 

 beautiful specimens. Perfect roses are often grown on young and 

 very small bushes ; they produce some exquisite gems of beauty 

 during the summer, but the plants must be dug up and set in boxes 

 of earth to be housed during the winter. 



The following are the names of a few of the best kinds : Pearl- 

 Des-Jardins, Madame Lambard, Etoile de Lyons, Malmaison, 

 Safrano, the Palymantha or Miniature roses, Madame Wetcke^ 

 Marshall Neil and Dutchess-de-Brabants. 



I have been very successful in the cultivation and protection of 

 the above-named rose bushes. I have not the least fear of any of 

 the hardy kinds being winterkilled. My mode of protection is very 

 simple, and attended with but little trouble. Simply bend the 



