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Rose to justify its name should always produce 
blooms at the end of each shoot. As examples of 
finely formed and perfect Roses the following may 
be instanced :—Cupped: Baroness Rothschild. 
Globular : Alfred Colomb, Pierre Notting. Ex- 
panded : Souvenir de la Malmaison. Compact or 
Imbricated : A. K. Williams, Mdlle. Marie Cointet. 
There is another class of Roses which must not 
be overlooked, nearly if not quite as useful as the 
above, and to some much more so. These are 
hardy, free-blooming, attractive varieties for garden 
decoration, many of which have not a_ single 
property to recommend them as show flowers, but 
which for grouping and general effect in the flower 
garden are most beautiful and attractive. The 
properties most to be desired in these are freedom 
and uniformity of growth, profusion of bloom, and 
brilliancy combined with durability of colour. 
ExHIBITING AND CuTtTinc Roses ror SHow.— 
The method of showing now most generally adopted 
is in trusses, either singly or in groups of three ; 
in the latter case each truss is placed in a 
separate tube, so as to exhibit as small as possible 
the habit and characteristic properties of the 
variety, This is, undoubtedly, the best and most 
natural way of showing blooms. 
The blooms are usually shown in boxes, painted 
green, which should all be of uniform size. The 
dimensions required by the Horticultural Society 
are 6 inches in height at back, 4 inches in front, 
and 18 inches in width, and any convenient length, 
say from 3 to 4 feet. The lids are made so that 
