loCS ROSE 



ing ami apply the hellebore solutiim before any mischief 

 has been done an<l repeat later, should any evidences of 

 his presence be detected. This aggressive offender is 

 the larva of a small winged moth, and the presence of 

 any insect of this sort in the vicinity of a Rose should 

 always be regarded with suspicion. 



The bark louse, or white scale, survives the winters 

 and is usually found on old wood. It can best be treated 

 before the growth begins in the spring. A solution of 

 fifteen grains of corrosive sublimate to one pint of 

 water, brushed over the stalks wherever the lice harbor, 

 will speedily destroy ill As corrosive sublimate is a 

 very powerful poison great care should be taken m its 



Ladv Penzanci-. Lord Penzance, Lucv Ashton, Lucy 

 I',i-itr;iiii. :\I. - M.-riilic -, Minna, Rose Bradwardine. 

 Till- II\l.iiil \Vic!,ur:,ianas look promising, but have 



It i., iiui iiit.n.l. il tiiai this list is by any means com- 

 plete. Thtr.- iiiu-st he many good Roses that will do well 

 under favorable conditions of which the writer has no 

 personal knowledge. The collection is sufficiently large, 



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Willi 



Ha> H 1 



CountL ■> 1 1 U\toi 1 1 

 Edinburgh Duke ot I 

 Verdier Fisher Holn 

 Jacqueminot Giant t 

 Her Maiesty James Bi 

 Hopper James D Piul 

 Morrison Madame Or il 

 Maichtoness of Lome 

 mann Mane Verdier M 

 ing Mis R R Sharn 

 2169) Pride of W alth II 

 de R bin R sslvi I 

 Mm I 1 1 ' I 



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IVli Al I I ^ t I the following 



rtlditi I II I \ I lie Baldwin 



Bt 1 1 I I K I! ii\ Lady t Ian 



1 I Karr ( omtesse Riza du 



Pir i 1 le de Lyon Prancisca 



Km II Ua Sprunt Madame 



Lanil 1 M M inian Cochet Madame 



Joseih bub witz M iiit \ an Houtte Papa Gontier, Sa 

 frano &ou\ enir d un Ami The Queen White Manian 

 Cochet 



Jl/oss ifotfs — Comtesse deMurmais Blanche Moreau 

 Crimson Globe Laneii Princess Adelaide 



Climbmq ffnie<! —Crimson Rambler Cheshunt H\ 

 biid Gloiie di, Diion Celine Forestier Reine Miri 



cheerfully If one in 

 rieties in the dealers' cata 

 experimenter should be \\ 

 and throw away the other 

 hope that he may find a m 

 age. 



Much of the charm of g 



Roses is derived from 



vledg 



this a record shoiiM I" mail.' in a 1 

 liose, with a chart f..r . mh l.r.l. T 

 once after the plant- ar.^ ^. i ,.ut ; 

 have become detached. JIaiiy vi\; 

 be prevented by some such plan ; 



1 to 6. Her Majesty, 8 to 15. Gloire Lyoiiiiaise, 



7 to 12. .Mariiiiret Dickson, 10 to 20. White Baroness, 



Robert Hcey. 

 Garden Roses near Chicago. — Climatic conditions 

 surrounding the bluff lands bordering Lake Michi- 

 gan, some twenty miles north of Chicago, are not 

 congenial to the successful euH i\ at ii.n nf .mtdoor Roses 



grown. Ample winter pn 



itled 



2180. The old-fashioned yellow upright Rose (X K). 



Ilcnriette, PinkMicrophyUa,WhiteMicrophylla, Madame 

 Alfred Carriere. 



Hybrid Siveelbriers.— Amy Robsart, Annie of Geier- 

 stein, Brenda, Catherine Seyton, Edith Bellenden, Flora 

 Jlclvor, Green Mantle, Jeannie Deans, Julie Mannering, 



-II ! ' hh yellow clay loam, TIm ttMiil>!r seems 



I" I. 'I •'•.' . erity of the winters, w liere Im;iv\- falls 

 nt -iMe,N all iiilre.iuent, and the sprint;- late and liekle, 

 warm winds from the southwestern i>rairies alternating 

 with chilling moisture-laden breezes from the lake. 



The beds are excavated to a depth of 2 ft., good 

 drainage given, and then filled with a compost of rotted 



