post about six feet high it will flower all up its stem and is just Teas and 

 at the right height for the eye to see its beauty to perfection. Hybrid 

 When grown taller it is lost " in the clouds," for it stands up Teas 

 stiff and straight and points its loveliness to the unappreciative 

 sky instead of to the ardent gardener below, like many of the 

 more drooping climbers. 



No garden worthy of the name is complete without the 

 dear La France, and the more we have of it the better, though 

 many of the more recent Roses have a subtle colouring of 

 which our old friend cannot boast. 



Madame Abel Chatenay, 

 Prince de Bu/garie, 



Maman Cochet, both pink 



and white, 



Madame Jules Grolez, 

 Frederick Haarms, 

 Antoine Rtvoire, 

 Madame Eugenie Boullet, 

 Madame Berkeley , 

 Madame Lambard, 



Viscountess Folkestone, 



Duchess of Portland, 



Marquise Litta, 



Pharisaer, 



Madame Jules Graveraux, 



Killarney, 



Peace, 



Perles des Jaunes, 



Louis Van Houtte, 



Amattur Teyssier, 



are all of perfect shape, both in bud and full flower, and 

 splendid for cutting. 



The many good kinds which are to be seen in our gardens 

 are almost innumerable, and fresh ones appear every season, so 

 that a certain amount of discretion and restraint should be used 

 by those whose ground is of no large acreage, otherwise in a 

 few years the problem will present itself as to how we can find 

 room for those which are newly introduced to us, and which it 

 is felt we cannot do without. Of recent years I have entirely 



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