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it takes a standard tree to set off their charms. A 

 great number, also, do far better as standards than as 

 dwarfs, especially the Teas, which seem to develop 

 larger flowers and to have a better constitution when 

 grown in this way. 



When pruning has to be done, and later, when 

 insect pests abound, who would not attend to the wants 

 of the standard before the dwarf tree, or even the 

 climber? I give a list of H.P.'s, H.T.'s, and T.'s 

 that grow well as standards, but these are given more 

 as a guide to the kinds that need to be grown in this 

 way by reason of their drooping habit or because they 

 make fine heads, bloom freely and possess attractive 

 foliage. So many Roses, like Bessie Brown, will hang 

 their heads as if too shy to look you in the face, so 

 that you never see them at their best unless they are 

 grown as standards. Of course, you will have at times 

 some difficulty in securing certain varieties in stan- 

 dards, for the trade cannot meet the demands of all. 

 I would advise you, therefore, to leave the selection of 

 standards to your nurseryman if he is unable to supply 

 the varieties that you seek. 



H.P. Standards. 



Captain Hayward. Mrs. R. G. Sharman 



Duke of Edinburgh. Crawford. 



General Jacqueminot. Prince Camille de Rohan, 



Hugh Dickson. Sir Rowland Hill. 



Louis Van Houtte. Victor Hugo. 



Mrs. John Laing. Snow Queen. 



Margaret Dickson. 



H.T. Standards. 



Augustine Guinoisseau. George C Waud. 



Bessie Brown. George Dickson. 



Caroline Testout. Joseph Hill. 



Duchess of Wellington. Killarney. 



Earl of Warwick. Lady Ashtown. 



General McArthur. La France. 



