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their nature as to require varied culture and treatment. Our re- 

 marks have had special reference to out-door growth ; but there 

 are some of this class that do not expand their flowers freely- in the 

 open air, though beautiful when forced ; while others, of rare ex- 

 cellence in the garden, are of little worth for tlie greenhouse. The 

 Baroness Rotlischild, fidouard Morren, Mabel Morrison, Hippolyte 

 Janiain, Madame Gabriel Luizet, Duke of Edinburgh, Magna 

 Charta, Thomas Mills, Anna de Diesbach, Mrs. Harry Turner, and 

 Anna Alexieff, have a health}' habit for forcing, are of pure colors, 

 and of full, symmetrical form. Early spring flowers of these and 

 other free-growing varieties are obtained by cutting well-ripened 

 wood from out-door trees late in the autumn, and grafting upon the 

 Mauetti and other stocks, which have plenty of fibres to gather 

 food for their support in December. The cultivation of this class 

 by artificial means has been 3'early increasing to meet the demand 

 for these sweet reminders of our summer time. The}' are called 

 bj' florists, in the winter, fancy roses, and produce sparingl}' flowers 

 of surpassing elegance, which command large prices, on account of 

 the demand for them and the extra care requisite to produce good 

 specimens. Attention is now being given to these beautiful but 

 costly dainties of nature in your vicinitv, and distinguished success 

 has been obtained bj^ 3'our honored President, and others, producing 

 better flowers tlian are grown from like varieties in the open air. 



The arrangement of roses cut from the tree is a matter of taste 

 in regard to which there does not exist a unanimity of sentiment, 

 else we should be wearied with a continued sameness. But there 

 are certain fixed laws that regulate the decorative art in flowers. 

 Too many blooms are used for single baskets and bouquets, 

 where they are crowded together promiscuousl}', exhibiting a mass 

 of petals, the form and coloring of each separate flower being in- 

 distinct, with little of its own foliage to render the proper eff'ect. 

 The more nearly roses are shown as they naturally grow the better 

 eflfect they produce. The stiff, artificial stem, without the leaf of 

 the flower, propped up by smilax, ferns, and other green than its 

 own, is not like nature. Hand bouquets of roses and buds are 

 more beautiful when made of the same variety with its own foli- 

 age, stems long and loosely bunched, having a small number, well 

 chosen, of sweet odor. A collection in basket form, or for parlor 

 decoration, had better lack a flower than have one too many, the 

 object being to form a graceful, refreshing, and suggestive picture, 

 preserving an " easy negligence mixed with art." Show each 



