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gold or calendula, bachelor's button or Centaurea Cyanus, clarkias, 

 zinnias, marigolds or tagetes, collinsias, gilias, California poppies or 

 eschscholtzias, verbenas, poppies, China asters, sweet peas, nemo- 

 philas, portulaccas, silenes, candytufts or iberis, alyssum, stocks or 

 matthiolas, morning-glories, nasturtiums or tropaeolums. 



Annual flowers possess a great advantage over perennials in the 

 fact that they appeal strongly to the desire for experiment. The seeds 

 are sown every year, and there is sufficient element of uncertainty in 

 the results to make the effort interesting; and new combinations can 

 be tried each year. 



Do not cut the old stalks down in the fall. They will stand in 

 the snow all through the winter, and remind you of the bursting 

 summer time and the long-ripening fall; and the snow-birds will 

 enjoy them. (Cornell E. S. B. 161; 111. Exp. St. B. 135.) 



Roses. Last but not least, set aside a little back corner in a 

 sunny wind-protected place at the end of a garden wall for a rose 

 garden. Put here a little rustic seat and plant, in the North, some 

 of the following kinds about 2% to S 1 /^ feet apart; Alfred Colomb, 

 reddish crimson; Anna de Diesbach, silver pink; Baron de Bon- 

 stettin, dark crimson; Dinsmore, dark crimson; Clio, pale pink; 

 Earl of Dufferin, purplish crimson ; Eugene Furst, velvety crimson 

 shaded maroon; Frau Karl Druschki, white, a continuous bloomer; 

 General Jacqueminot, scarlet crimson; John Hopper, rosy pink; 

 'Jules Margottin, rose pink ; Mount Carmel, deep reddish pink ; Oak- 

 mont, silvery pink, very free flowering; Paeonia, bright crimson. 



The following is a list of good roses for the South and South- 

 west : American Beauty (Hybrid Tea). Color, rosy crimson; a 

 good bloomer, with fine buds on long stems ; has done well for sev- 

 eral years in succession and is evidently one of the best roses for our 

 climate. Bougere (Tea) ; color, pink, with a shade of bronze. 

 Bon Silene (Tea) ; color, dark crimson; makes fine buds. Bride 

 (Tea) ; color, wlrite ; a good bloomer. Catherine Mermet (Tea) ; 

 color, light pink; one of the best. Duchess of Albany (Hybrid 

 Tea) ; sometimes called the Red La France ; color, a deep, rich pink, 

 with- exquisite buds. Gen. Jacqueminot (Hybrid Perpetual) ; color, 

 dark red ; a profuse bloomer and good rose. Gen. Lee (Tea) ; color, 

 apricot yellow. Hermosa (Bourbon) ; an old variety; color, pink; 

 medium sized flowers; very hardy. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 

 (Hybrid Tea) ; color, white; a profuse bloomer, good grower and one 

 of the best varieties to plant ; has done well for a number of years. 

 La France (Hybrid Tea) ; color, pink; well known as a constant 

 bloomer; shows some tendency to suffer from heat but with sufficient 

 water does well. Madame Testout (Hybrid Tea) ; color, pink; a 

 reliable rose. Maman Coehet (Tea) ; color, pink; a good grower, 

 producing the most beautiful, well-shaped, long buds on long stalks. 

 Safrano (Tea) ; color, apricot-yellow ; one of the few yellow teas that 

 do well ; needs protection in a very cold winter. Souvenir de Wooton 

 (Hybrid Tea) ; color, crimson. Sunset (Tea) ; color, golden yel- 

 low, tinged with copper and crimson ; not always a very strong grower 

 but blooms profusely; should be protected if the winter is un- 



