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when other summer roses are past and have 

 gone their way, and succeed over a greater 

 extent of territory than any other climbers. 

 Although decidedly inferior in quality to 

 the Tea-Noisettes and Climbing Teas, their 

 hardiness and superior vigor of growth make 

 them of great value where the more beautiful 

 members of the sisterhood are too delicate in 

 constitution to be made useful. When, then, 

 it is desired to cover walls, trellises, old trees, 

 unsightly buildings, etc., with roses, none 

 will be found to do the work so efficiently as 

 varieties of the Prairie Rose. It is very de- 

 sirable that further development of this im- 

 portant class should be found; we should 

 endeavor, by artificial fertilization, to pro- 

 duce hybrids, blending Hybrid Perpetual, 

 Bourbon, and Noisette with the Prairies. 

 This, with the more double varieties, is some- 

 what difficult, as I found in experiments made 

 under glass last winter. I attempted to fer- 

 tilize blooms of Baltimore Belle, Gem of the 

 Prairies and Queen of the Prairies, by differ- 

 ent varieties, such as General Jacqueminot, 

 Safrano and Solfaterre, but the only seed I 

 obtained was from one bloom of Gem of the 

 Prairies fertilized by General Jacqueminot. 

 The pistils of the Prairie Roses are glued to- 

 gether, as it were, and make fertilization 



