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golden variety of our well-known Meadow-sweet, with 

 very showy, pink flowers all summer, F. 



Mountain" Ash-leaved Spir.^a (*S'. sorUfolia) a 

 vigorous species, with large, light-green, pinnate leaves, 

 and immense, j^lume-like panicles of white flowers, very 

 ornamental in the bud. Early summer, E. Other species 

 of Spiraea are given under Herbaceous Plants. 



THE ROSE. Rosa. G-H. 



It is impossible within the limits of the present work, 

 to touch very fully on the Rose, for it is a subject that 

 might well occupy an entire book. As there are a number 

 of excellent works devoted exclusively to Rose culture, 

 the necessary information respecting kinds and culture is 

 easily found. Still I present some notes on the various 

 classes of Roses in cultivation, and also throughout the 

 book give such brief hints on culture and other points, 

 as may be useful to amateurs. 



It may be remarked, that provided the soil is sufficient- 

 ly well drained to be free from standing water, almost 

 any garden soil, with good preparation, (see Part IV), 

 will answer for Roses. All budded roses should, in plant- 

 ing, be set so deep that the junction of the stock 

 and the rose will be two or three inches below the sur- 

 face of the soil, so that the root may give the least 

 amount of trouble from sprouting. The Tree Roses, 

 which are so popular in Europe, are comparatively 

 worthless in America, owing to the bad effects of our hot 

 summers on the long stem. 



As to insects, ^' these are the bugbears," as Mr. H. B. 

 Ellwanger, a leading American authority on the Rose, 

 says, ^' which prevent many from cultivating the Queen 

 of Flowers, but they offer little discouragement to loyal 

 subjects, for generally it is only the careless and indolent 

 who suffer from these pests." In Part V of this book 

 directions are given for destroying insects on Roses. 



