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yet possibly we have got about their equals when we come 

 to iook over ; for in fact Prince Camille de Rohan will 

 almost equal in intensity of rich blackness old Belle Afri- 

 caine ; and Madame Victor Verdier is quite equal to Ceri- 

 sette ; and then, if we manage them rightly, they give us 

 more or less of blossoms all summer long, and even up to 

 the frosts of winter. 



Each planter must use his own judgment as to selection 

 of kinds and classes, and so, also, as to arrangement of 

 colors. We would not arrange colors at all, the more 

 mixed the better both colors and sorts, Teas, Bourbons, 

 Noisettes, and Perpetuals ; only, in large beds, we should 

 try to place our largest and strongest growers at the back 

 and in the center, keeping the dwarf sorts, such as Du- 

 petit Thouars, Bourbon, or Lady Byron, Bengal, etc., 

 in front. 



TRAINING ROSES. 



There is also great diversity of opinion as to the form 

 the plants should assume. A good way is the pinching 

 in the ends of the shoots as they grow, and thus compel 

 the plant to throw out side branches, and so perfect the 

 rounded form at the same time that it increases the num- 

 ber of flowers. To our eye, a bed kept in this way is 

 much more attractive than when the plants are permitted 

 to make long, straggling stems here and there. 



Another practice, which is also effective, is to peg down 

 the shoots as they grow, and so literally carpet the whole 

 ground with roses. In beds mainly composed of large old 

 plants of Perpetuals the practice is a good one. Especially 

 u only the long canes of the last year are pegged, while 



