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may be shipped in any ordinary box or 

 basket without injury. 



In j)acking Currants for shipping, the 

 baskets should be well filled, that the 

 fruit cannot shake and become dam- 

 aged during transportation. All Cur- 

 rants are sold by the pound ; the net 

 weight of the baskets or boxes they are 

 shipped in should therefore be plainly 

 marked on the outside of every pack- 

 age. — Amei-ican Garden. 



NOTES ON HYBRID TEA ROSES. 



This family of roses is of recent origin . 

 Nearly all the varieties in this family 

 were raised and introduced by Mr. 

 Henry Bennett, of England, from seed 

 of Tea Hoses fertilized with Hybrid 

 Perpetuals. The result is we have a 

 race of roses, giving us the free blooming 

 qualities of the former, with some of 

 the hardiness of the latter class. This 

 new race of roses will probably take an 

 important position in American rose- 

 culture, as they give us early bloom, 

 beginning in early summer, and give a 

 succession until frost, I will give a 

 description of some of the best for gen- 

 eral culture. 



Beauty ofStapleford. — Flowers large, 

 sometimes very large, color, bright 

 pink ; centre rosy carmine ; buds very 

 fine ; free bloomer and nice grower. 



Pierre Guillot. — Flowers very large 

 and double ; color, clear red veined 

 with white, and highly fragrant; a good 

 bloomer, and one of the finest roses in 

 cultivation. 



La France. — Flowers very large and 

 full ; color, a lovely peach ; very fra- 

 grant ; a good bloomer, and the finest 

 rose of its color grown. 



Antoin^ Verdier. — Flowers large and 

 double ; color, bright pink ; blooms in 

 clusters ; a very free bloomer. 



Viscountess Falmouth. — Flowers very 

 large, very double ; color, delicate pink ; 



delightfully fragrant ; a choice rose in 

 a collection. 



Nancy Lee. — Flowers medium; color, 

 bright pink ; fragrant ; a good, free 

 bloomer, 



Michael Saunders. — Flowers large 

 and very double ; color, a rich crimson ; 

 the plant is a good grower and free 

 bloomer ; a very good rose. 



Jean Sisley. — Flowers very large and 

 double ; color, rosy lilac, edges of petals 

 silvery ; opens finely, and is a good 

 bloomer. 



Pearl. — Flowers medium size, quite 

 double ; color, pale flesh ; a finely 

 formed rose and very good bloomer. 



L>uke of Connaught. — Flowers large, 

 buds very tine ; a very free bloomer ; 

 color, deep, velvety crimson ; growth 

 moderate ; requires rich soil to do well. 



Madame Alexander Bernaix. — Flow- 

 ers large and full ; color, clear rose ; 

 flowers finely formed ; a good bloomer, 

 and fragrant. 



Madame Julie Weidman. — Flowers 

 large and well formed ; color, clear 

 salmon pink ; a good bloomer. — An- 

 TOINE WiNTZER, in Farm and Garden. 



CUCUMBER PICKLES. 



I never plant cucumbers for pickles 

 before June 15th, as the striped bug 

 seldom troubles them after this date, 

 and I have grown excellent crops plan- 

 ted the first of July. I prefer the Early 

 Cluster for pickles, as this sort does not 

 run to vine so much as the Long Green. 

 It will bear closer planting, and the 

 pickles are easier picked. There are 

 certain strains of this variety which are 

 earlier and more prolific than others, 

 and I have found that sold under the 

 name of Boston Pickling, and Perfec- 

 tion Pickling, far superior to the ordin- 

 ary Cluster. With these varieties one 

 may plant 5 by 5 feet, which will 

 give over 1,700 hills to the acre. No 



