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hardly venture upon a special section on roses, 

 because the constant development of new varieties 

 makes it desirable that the rose grower shall seek 

 the information of experts. However, we may be 

 sure that the Soupert roses are among the best at 

 present for hedge growth, and that the Ramblers 

 cannot be excelled during their period of blossoming. 

 The new Rugosa roses are exceedingly attractive 

 because of their luxuriant, glossy green foliage. 

 Several of our perpetuals are very nearly ever- 

 blooming. In using them for a hedge let every fifth 

 plant be one of the climbing ever-bloomers, and be 

 trained sideways on wires over the tops of the 

 other bushes. 



Meehan tells us that he has seen the tea plant 

 grown as a garden hedge in the Southern states. 

 The nearest approach at the North is a border of 

 sage, which really is veiy pretty in bloom and can 

 be neatly clipped. Too much emphasis cannot be 

 easily placed on the multiplication of sweet odors 

 about our homes. They are associated with ozone, 

 and therefore with health. I recommend the use of 

 the wild grapes, but these are more directly asso- 

 ciated with windbreaks, and will be spoken of farther 

 on. From the flower bed edges to the walls of 

 tropeolums and sweet peas, flower hedges are pretty 

 enough to add to our pleasure, and they are so inex- 

 pensive as to be everybody's luxury. 



The tropeolum or nasturtium is the poor man's 

 flower. It belonged to our fathers and mothers as 

 a pickle producer and border plant; and to this day 

 it remains par excellence the sweetest, healthiest and 

 most floriferous annual in our whole list. It likes 



