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cannot go far wrong in planting any of the list. Two of the 

 Hybrid Chinese Roses may go with the Remontants, having 

 the same season of bloom and being about as hardy. 

 These are Magna Charta and Mme. Plantier. 



The next group in point of hardiness, and superior to 

 the foregoing in continuity of bloom, are the Hybrid 

 Noisettes, such as Coquette des Alpes, Coquette des 

 Blanches, andElise Boelle. The blooms of these are white, 

 often tinted with pink, very double and fragrant. 



The Hybrid Tea section, containing Duchess of Albany, 

 La France, Meteor and Wootton, is very fine. These are 

 not hardy in the North, but if protected by a frame, or if 

 grown in pots, wintered in a pit, no class of Roses will give 

 more general satisfaction. 



The Bourbon section contains three of the best bedding 

 Roses, Apolline, Hermosa, and Souvenir de la Mal- 

 maison. These will bloom continually through the fall 

 months until severe frost, and with a little protection will 

 prove hardy. 



The Bengal Roses, of which Agrippina is a leading va- 

 riety, bloom through a long season, but are not hardy, and 

 should be protected in a pit. They also make very fine 

 pot -plants. 



The Moss Roses are well known, and are desirable in a 

 general collection. 



The 'little Polyantha Roses, with Cecile Brunner and 

 Clothilde Soupert as two of the best, are always attrac- 

 tive, either when planted out or grown in pots. 



The climbing Roses, which bloom later in the season 

 than the Remontants, are very useful as pillar and screen 

 plants. The old Queen of the Prairies and Baltimore Belle 

 are still in favor. A newer and better variety is the Crim- 

 son Rambler. 



The Tea Roses have proved more disappointing to the 

 amateur than any other. No one can resist the temptation 

 to try to have a few of these highly perfumed, richly colored 



