I 1 6 HORTICULTURE BY IRRIGATION. 



Snowball Viburnum opulus 



Spirea Spiraea billiard!, and other varieties 



Lilac purple and white v ..Syringa vulgaris 



Privert Ligistrum amurense 



Honeysuckle Lonicera grandiflora 



Mock Orange Philadelphus coronarius 



Currant Ribes floridum 



Weigelia Weigelia rosea 



ROSES. 



Roses are justly classed as the most beautiful of flowers. To paint them 

 as nature does has ever been a chief ambition of the artist. Still the per- 

 petual question is, " who can paint the rose? " Yet these peerless bloom- 

 ers are among the easiest to raise in perfection. They require a fine, rich 

 soil and a heavy mulching of coarse litter or leaves in fall. Also 

 considerable water in our climate, and good cultivation. Old and decayed 

 branches and at least half of the previous season's growth should be cut 

 away in the spring. Probably all roses, even the hardiest, do better with 

 winter protection. It increases their vigor and makes them more produc- 

 tive of fine flowers. Earth is doubtless the safest and best covering for 

 the hardier kinds. The ever-bloomers are tender and difficult to keep 

 with us, without one has facilities for keeping them. As a rule, if these 

 are desired, it is better to plant them each spring, and they will bloom 

 about July. The Hybrids are much more satisfactory and quite hardy, 

 but will kill to the roots if not protected. They are said, however, to 

 make a new growth when killed down and to blossom the same season. 

 We give a few of the many excellent varieties: 



HYBRID PERPETUALS. 



Alfred Colomb, Anna de Diesbach or Glorie de Paris, Baroness 

 Rothschild, Paul Neron, General Jacqueminot, John Hopper, La France, 

 Mad. Plantier, Magna Charta, Prince Canaille de Rohan, General Wash- 

 ington. 



Moss ROSES. 



Countess de Murianais, Glory of Mosses, Luxembourg, Henry 

 Martin, Princess Adelaide. 



JUNE ROSES. 

 Cabbage or Hundred-Leaf, Persian Yellow, White, Sweet Briar. 



HARDY CLIMBING ROSES. 

 Baltimore Belle, Seven Sisters, Queen of the Prairie. 



