THE DAWN OF SPRING 



Climbing and Weeping Roses. — Climbing Roses, suit- 

 able for arches, pillars, pergolas, walls, and summer- 

 houses are abundant. Varieties suitable for growing 

 as standards, and drooping their branches, are less 

 numerous. 



Climbing Roses 



Alberic Barbier, white Felicitd et Perpdtue, white 



Carmine Pillar, carmine Madame Alfred Carrifere 

 Crimson Rambler, red (wall), white 



Dorothy Perkins, pink Mrs. F. W. Flight, rose 



Weeping Standard Roses 



Alberic Barbier, white Hiawatha, red and white 



Dorothy Perkins, pink 



Planting Carnations. — It is not of vital importance 

 that Carnations be planted during the first half of March, 

 and yet I think that the earlier in the spring (remember 

 March and early April are the spring planting season) 

 that they are planted the better. I write this with an 

 eye both to those who have been wintering plants in 

 frames which were layered in the garden last summer, 

 and to those who are making a complete start by buying 

 a stock of plants. It may be pointed out that present 

 planting exposes the Carnations to the risk of late 

 frosts. It does, but what of it ? The plant is not really 

 tender, like a Dahlia or a Begonia. It is intrinsically 

 hardy. True, Carnations are killed sometimes in a very 

 severe winter, as other reputedly hardy plants are, but 

 there is not likely to be a frost in spring severe enough 

 to hurt them. The advantages of early planting are 

 twofold. In the first place, the plants are removed from 

 the comparatively enervating atmosphere of the frames ; 

 and in the second, they have ample time to get well 

 established before the hot weather comes on. I advise 

 that the bed be well dug, and, if the soil is stiff, that 

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