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plants will in a great measure escape their 

 enemies. Do not make the mistake of 

 choosing indifferent rose plants for the pur- 

 pose of winter flowering, intending by good 

 culture to restore them to full vigor. Re- 

 member that in forcing a rose for winter 

 flowers you are overcoming their natural 

 inclination to rest in winter, and, consequent- 

 ly, drawing heavily on the life and energy 

 of the plant. 



Roses planted in the greenhouse in Sep- 



tember or October (and there are many 

 planted then) miss the season for putting on 

 the kind of growth that makes good winter 

 flowers a possibility. June and July are the 

 proper months. 



This year, at the proper season, we hope 

 to give Horticulturist readers a fevv helpful 

 reminders about early planting of forcing 

 roses. 



Webster Bros. 



Hamilton. 



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T our Whitby meeting Dr. Harrison, 

 of Keene, gave an inspiring address 

 on the above subject, which we 

 i^jgj-^ publish now in advance of our re- 

 port because the topic is a seasonable one. 

 Dr. Harrison : " I am to talk a little 

 with regard to flowers. In our young 

 country — because we are still in the condi- 

 tion of youthhood as a nation, beginning to 

 feel that we have manhood coming to our 

 shoulders, and that we must soon in God's 

 providence take our place in the rank and 

 march of nations — (hear, hear) — in our 

 younger days we were satisfied with the 

 flowers that were in the windows, and we 

 took much pleasure and so much joy out of 

 them. Why, you as well as I, sir, have 

 been in many a home and seen with what 

 joy and pride the lady of the house looked at 

 that spindly thing in the kitchen window. 

 It was the dead of winter, but it had a few 

 sickly green leaves on, and it was a joy to 

 her heart. But as we have advanced in our 

 social surroundings and in our better equip- 

 ment all the way round, the demand is that 

 that aesthetic sense — which is one of the 

 senses that has not been taken cognizance 

 of as it should have been — demand a better 

 quality of flower and a larger variety. Look 

 at this exhibit and think of the fruit we had 

 when we were boys. I had the pleasure of 



going to a school, walking a mile and a 

 half, and it was a joy to our hearts when 

 December came that we could go over to a 

 crabapple tree with apples about that size 

 (showing) that would draw your mouth up. 

 Were any of you in Toronto during the last 

 chrysanthemum show at the Pavilion ? Look 

 at those massive things. You could have 

 those in your homes. Look at those ten 

 inches in diameter. Look at those orchids 

 which stood up on that dais ; you can have 

 these things. Look at those carnations 

 which were so charming, and those roses 

 which Dunlop had there ; we can have those 

 too, and not at great exp>ense. How ? That 

 is the first question. There are two ways 

 within the reach of every person of average 

 means. In the first place, in constructing 

 our verandahs, construct them with the idea 

 that they are in touch with our principal 

 living room, whether that is your library or 

 dining room, or whether it is a sort of half 

 withdrawing room. A wide verandah, a 

 verandah you can get a large amount of side 

 light, then you can have a bench along the 

 side of that, and you would be surprised — I 

 have tried it for myself — what a quantity 

 and what a richness and what a fulness of 

 bloom is possible. Now, you know that in 

 so many of our homes now, instead of the 

 old wood stove or the old base burner coal 



