THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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ugustie Mie— One of the best ; bright rosy scarlet, large 



Ifull, vigorous habit, and profuse bloomer. 

 iron Prevost — An indispensable sort ; very large and 

 (ble ; a very strong grower, and great bloomer, 

 aroline Langelier— A dwarf-growing sort; flowers 

 e and double, bright lively crimson Chateaubriand ; 

 able for its peculiarly soft, delicate rose color ; its 

 |ers are best when half expanded. 

 r. Amal— A dwarf-grower; flowers medium size, very 

 l;ht crimson, almost equal in color to Geant des bat- 

 ies, but more vigorous than that variety. 

 r. Marx — Very large and full; 

 i carmine ; a vigorous grower and 

 b bloomer, and altogether one of 

 best. 



Iward Jesse — A large, full and 

 itiful rose ; very vigorous grower 

 free bloomer. 



sant des Battailles — No rose has 

 been more popular in this coun- 

 than this, and it well deserves its 

 ; ; it is of medium size, but quite 

 Die, of a bright, glowing crimson, 

 )st dazzling ; a very free bloomer, 

 good grower. 



i Heine — Very large, double, rosy 

 ; splendid; a vigorous grower, 

 free bloomer. 



Enfant du Mont Carmel — A very 

 ist and strong grower, and the 

 t profuse bloomer known ; very 

 e and double; deep purplish red. 

 >rd Raglan — This is the most bril- 

 t crimson of all roses, and leaves 

 5 more to be hoped for in point 

 olor ; the plant is moderately vig- 

 is, but appears to be a compara- 

 ly shy bloomer; a single flower 

 t, however, is worth a season's 

 ure. 



adam Laffay — Bright, rosy crim- 

 ; large and double; a strong grow- 

 ind free bloomer, 

 rs. Elliott — Very large and double ; 

 i purple ; a strong grower, and 

 of the most profuse bloomers, 

 ius IX. — Very large and full ; 

 ;ht, purplish red; a very vigorous 

 wer, and free bloomer. 



idonie— Large and full; blush rose dwarf habit; vig- 

 ils and profuse bloomer; if profusion of bloom can be 

 excess, it is so iu this variety, and in L'Enfant du 

 it Carmel. 



ouvenir de Levison Gower— Very large and full ; bright 

 ded crimson ; a strong grower, and free bloomer. 

 7m. Jesse — Large and double ; bright, rosy crimson ; 

 arous habit, and free bloomer. 



and those are quite narrow and thin at the base, but 

 much broader and thicker at the top; in fact, wrong end 

 up as regards torm, in the opinion of those competent to 

 judge in such cases. In attempting to grow an Osage 

 Orauge hedge, two points of the greatest importance are 

 almost always overlooked, viz.: thorough cultivation and 

 proper pruning. I look upon hedging the same as on 

 any other branch of business; to be successful, vou must 

 be thorough, and unless you are, you may as wefl give up 

 first as last. Cultivate and prune properly, and if you 

 don't get a fence in three or four years that suits, don't 

 give up, but persevere one, two, or three years longer, as 

 may be necessary, and if you commence aright, you will 

 have a fence that is just the thing, both usetul and orna- 

 mental — that will stop man or beast. Now, don't go and 



SAGE ORANGE HEDGE A FAILURE, AND WHY. 



» traveling a distance of sixty miles, recently, I noticed 

 le twenty-five or thirty attempts at raising Osage 

 ges: all but two, judging from appearances, have be«'ii 

 ;ady, or soon will be abandoned as failures. Two, with 

 addition of an occasional stake iu the more open 

 :es, are considered a suflicieut barrier to tuiu stock, 



GSNBKAL DB BREA BOSE. 



stick your hedge down on the north side of, and within 

 less than a foot of a boarded fence, as I have seen iu more 

 than one instance, nor close to any other fence, but give 

 it plenty of room. What would you think of a man that 

 wished to fat a bullock, aud instead of feeding it eight 

 or ten quarts of meal a dav for five or six months, as 

 many of our cattle feeders do, would give three or four 

 quarts a day for about half that time, and because it did 

 not get fat and sleek, would turn out, quit feeding, and 

 condemn the whole system ? Yet it is just so with nine- 

 teen-twentieths who attempt to grow Osage hedges. In- 

 stead of cultivating a strip of land eight or ten feet wide, 

 for five or six years, as they should, they about half cul- 

 tivate a strip three or four feet wide, two or three years, 

 and perhaps do not prune at all, and because it does not 

 make a substantial fence in that time, they look upon it 

 all us moonshine, only fit for amateurs to bother their 

 brains with. 1> it to be wundered at, that with them 

 hedging is a failure?— R. F. Bingham, hi Ohio Farmtr, 



