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speculating, as it were, in garden stock in a bull mar- 

 ket. Too much of spending money for something that 

 two years hence will be known no more is a financial 

 side of the Garden-Goozle question that saddens the 

 commuter, as well as his wife. It is a continual proof 

 of man's, and particularly woman's, innocency that 

 such pictures as horticultural pedlers show when ex- 

 tolling their wares do not deter instead of encouraging 

 purchasers. If the fruits and flowers were believable, 

 as depicted, still they should be unattractive to eye 

 and palate. 



The hybrid perpetuals give their great yield in June, 

 followed by a more or less scattering autumn blooming. 

 It is foolish to expect a rose specialized and proven by 

 the tests climatic and otherwise of Holland, England, 

 or France, and pronounced a perpetual bloomer, to live 

 up to its reputation in this country of sudden extremes: 

 unveiled summer heat, that forces the bud open be- 

 fore it has developed quality, causing certain shades 

 of pink and crimson to fade and flatten before the flower 

 is really fit for gathering. Americans in general 

 must be content with the half loaf, as far as garden roses 

 are concerned, for in the cooler parts of the country, 

 where the development of the flower is slower and more 

 satisfactory, the winter lends added dangers. 



