246 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



roses can not receive many additions. The 

 French Rose, La France, of 1889, is one of 

 the best now, and the crimson and yellow 

 and white Ramblers — decided acquisitions 

 in the list of climbers — doubtless will 

 continue to increase in variety, and at 

 length become fragrant, Clothilde Soupert 

 is a glorious rose, and should be added to 

 the above list, as also the Dinsmore. The 

 Soupert now has two daughters — yellow 

 and white. They are always in bloom, as 

 is the Dinsmore, and are fine for out-door 

 and in, Mabel Morrison is also a fine rose. 

 If one can prolong the list add Maria Rhoda, 

 crimson; Eugene Verdier, silver pink. Baron 

 Prevost, rose ; Louis Van Houtti, crimson - 

 maroon ; La France, rose and white ; 

 Many of these, the ever lamented 

 James Vick, furnished me years ago, all 

 proving true to his recommendation, and 

 yet embalm his memory. 



I love a rose for its fragrance, therefore 

 the Polyantha roses have little charm for 

 me. They stand the winters very well, and 

 are a pretty house plant. Pearl d'Or and 

 Cecilia Bruner, and Little Gem, are all I 

 have been introduced to as yet. I say in- 

 troduced, for when I see a lovely new rose 

 for the first time, I am as delighted as if 

 they were human. 



The crossing of roses, and the grafting 

 together of various sorts, make a new chap- 

 ter in roses that has no end. Progression 

 is now thoroughly stamped upon the florist. 



and I am never surprised, but delighted, at 

 their success. I look every year for new 

 wonders, and always find something. Suc- 

 cess to all in this heavenly enterprise, which 

 no bad man ever follows as a trade, and 

 which I hope to find glorified in the great 

 hereafter. 



The French Hybrid Remontan, or per- 

 petual hybrid, will bear a second time if the 

 flowers are cut off. The eyes next to the 

 top will start and give a second flowering, 

 making you rejoice as when a loved one is 

 restored to health. A few tea roses lengthen 

 the season if you have not the Soupert and 

 Dinsmore. The two Perries de Garden, 

 Metior, Hybrid Tea, Mad. Lombard, Child's 

 Jewel, the Rainbow and Maria Von Houtti 

 and Sunset are desirable. 



The Moss Roses are superbly lovely. 

 The pure white Blanche Moreau, Henry Mar- 

 tin rose, and the new bright crimson scarlet 

 Princess Adelade, are well worth the dollar 

 paid for them the first bearing season. 



It seems one could go on and on about 

 these entrancing flowers and never find a 

 stopping-place. 



Give your children a birthday rose of 

 some hybrid sort, and see that they are re- 

 placed if ought happens to them, it will give 

 lasting pleasure and infuse the love of flow- 

 ers. 



M. Agatha Hoskins. 



Newport, Vt. 



Clothes Moth. — Prof. L. O. Howard, 

 the U. S. Government Entomologist, reports 

 the use of bisulphide of carbon against 

 clothes moths. The clothes are stored away 

 in a wooden chest. In the cover of the 

 chest is a large auger hole with a sponge 



tied immediately below it. In midsummer 

 a few drops of bisulphide of carbon are 

 poured through the auger hole on the sponge, 

 and the hole is then closed with a cork ; the 

 fumes being heavier than air, sink down in- 

 to the chest and destroy every living thing. 



