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can only plant half a dozen, take Hermosa, Bal- 

 duin. Liberty, Clothilde Soupert, Mrs. Robert 

 Peary, Virginia Coxe. The grandest new rose of 

 1903 in my bed was Gen. Mac Arthur, and the 

 best of the previous year was Virginia Coxe. 



The hybrid tea-roses are practically hardy, re- 

 quiring only hilling up in winter, although among 

 them there are degrees of power to resist the frost. 

 On the whole, this is one of the very best classes of 

 roses for general planting. It has the advantage of 

 giving us very sweet flowers and perpetual bloom, 

 with a considerable degree of hardiness. Among 

 the best new ones are Admiral Dewey, Admiral 

 Schley, Clara Watson, Antoine Revoire, White 

 Lady, Mrs. W. C. Whitney, and Mad. Jules Fin- 

 ger. Quite hardy, also, and exceedingly fine are the 

 Madame Cochet set — the yellow, the white, the 

 red, and the pink flowering. If you wish for three 

 exceedingly fine and hardy climbers, select Climb- 

 ing Meteor, Climbing Wootton, and Climbing Clo- 

 thilde Soupert. The old Baltimore Belle and the 

 Queen of the Prairies are not quite hardy north of 

 Philadelphia. I am obliged to lay them down and 

 carefully cover them every winter. 



Any one in the country can grow lilies very liber- 



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