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plant a few weeks before the bud opens, will have an invigor- 

 ating effect upon the flower. This application should be made 

 again after the first crop is over, to give increased strength to 

 the autumn bloom. But we cannot have good blooms without 

 fine foliage and this can only be secured by early and constant 

 attention. As soon as two or three leaves are formed in the 

 spring, we must dust or sprinkle them with hellebore, and watch 

 for the worm that ties the tender leaves together, to destroy him, 

 for he will soon be ready to nip the delicate bud. He is easily 

 found by a little attention at the riglit time, and after overcom- 

 ing his advances we may expect to gather a harvest of beautiful 

 flowers. Later on, the rose-bug will be the next invader, and 

 must be picked off as soon as he appears. The green fly must 

 also be looked for, and hellebore is useless for it, whale-oil soap 

 and tobacco steeped together being the remedy. 



An exhibition of roses is not always the best place to select 

 varieties for general culture, as the exhibitor is forced to take 

 whatever is at hand on the required day ; it might be a single 

 bloom of Horace Vernet, and the only one of the season, or 

 perhaps Gloire de Bourg la Reine,or Mile. Marguerite Dombrain. 



The chief })urpose of my paper, however, is to select and 

 name a list of twelve, twenty-five and thirty-six kinds the most 

 suitable for general cultivation. 



Selection of the best twelve Remontants : 



Alfred Colomb, Charles Lefebre, John Hopper, Hippolyte 

 Jamain, Mrs. John Laing, Merveille de Lyon, Mile. Annie 

 Wood, Mme. Gabriel Luizel, Mme. Victor Verdier, Ulrich 

 Brunner, Victor Verdier, Prince Camille de Rohan. 



For the best twenty-five, to the foregoing add the following : 



Anna de Diesbach, La France, Baroness Rothschild, Dr. 

 Andry, Mabel Morrison, Marquise de Castellane, Duchesse de 

 Valloml)rosa, Mile. Eugenie Verdier, Dupuy Jamain, Mons. 

 Boncenne, Jules Margottin, Paul Neyron, Prince Arthur. 



For the best thirty-six, to the foregoing add the following : 



Camille Bernardin, Fisher Holmes, Catherine Soupert, Coun- 

 tess of Roseberry, Duke of Edinburgh, Elienne Levet, Francois 

 Michelon, Louis Van Houtte, Maurice Bernardin, Pierre Notting, 

 Thomas Mills. 



