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wise to choose strong, free-flowering sorts. Out of the 

 following and foregoing lists we might select a few 

 varieties particularly good for beds. Here are some 



*Augustine Guinoisseau, silvery G. Nabonnand, blush Tea. 



H.T. Hugh Dickson, crimson H.P. 



Betty, coppery rose H.T. Irish Elegance, orange single. 



*Caroline Testout, pink H.T. La France, pink H.T. 



*Corallina, coral Tea. Laurette Messimy, china rose, 

 Ecarlate, scarlet H.T. (dwarf). yellow base. 



Edu Meyer, coppery H.T. *Madame Abel Chatenay, rose 

 Eugenie Lamesch, orange dwarf H.T. 



Polyantha. Mrs. W. H. Cutbush, pink 

 Frau Karl Druschki, white H.P. Polyantha. 



General MacArthur, carmine Mrs. John Laing, rose H.P. 



H.T. Peace, white Tea. 

 *Gruss an Teplitz, crimson H.T. 



Those marked with an asterisk are exceptionally 

 vigorous in fact Gru'ss an Teplitz is sometimes used 

 as a wall Rose. 



GOOD WALL ROSES. 



Roses do no more delightful work than that of 

 covering the walls of dwellings, and there is no home 

 but looks brighter for their presence. Old Roses, like 

 Gloire de Dijon, William Allen Richardson, Maiden's 

 Blush, Cdine Forestier, Cheshunt Hybrid, the Banksian, 

 and the Boursault gained their popularity as much for the 

 suitability of habit which made them good wall varieties 

 as for the beauty and fragrance of their flowers. There 

 were other rambling varieties as beautiful nay, more 

 so, but their growth was not suitable for walls. Thus 

 the home use of certain Roses gave them a popularity 

 somewhat beyond their merits as flowers. The Roses 



