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shown that, after the first bloom in June, no full crop of 

 flowers is again obtained, unless with the comparatively 

 new class known as the Hybrid Teas, of which " La 

 France" and "Duchess of Edinburgh" are types; so 

 that, when a continued bloom of Roses is desired during 

 the entire summer and fall months, the class known as 

 monthly (embracing Tea, Bourbon, Bengal, Noisette, and 

 Hybrid Tea) are the best. True, these varieties, except 

 the " Hybrid Teas," are not usually hardy, unless in that 

 portion of the country where the thermometer never 

 gets 20" below the freezing point ; but they can 

 be saved through the winter in almost any section, 

 if pegged down and covered up with five or six 

 inches of leaves or rough litter. This covering, how- 

 ever, should not be done until quite hard frost comes; 

 in the locality of New York, about the first week in 

 December. If done sooner, there is danger, if the season 

 is mild, (as it usually is here until December ist), that 

 the shoots may be smothered and decay by a too early 

 covering. This same rule I adopt in covering Grape 

 Vines, Clematis, Raspberries, Strawberries, or, in fact, 

 any other plant or shrub that I believe to be benefited 

 by winter protection, as I have never yet seen injury 

 done to half-hardy plants by frost previous to that date. 

 In this matter of covering, the amateur in gardening 

 often errs ; first, from his anxiety to protect his plants 

 before there is danger in the fall ; and next, in his en- 

 thusiasm in spring, he is deceived by some warm day in 

 March to uncover what is not safe until April. 



ROSE BUDS IN SUMMER. 



The great want of fine Rose buds during the summer 

 months induced me, last season, to adopt a method that 



