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the most popular pink sort, and it is rapidly supplanting 

 Mermet. It thrives at a medium temperature. 



Testout is another variety with large flowers of a 

 pure pink color. It is rather particular as to soil and 

 care, and although a fair variety for winter when well 

 grown, it is too single for summer use. Valuable for 

 the amateur. It should have not less than sixty degrees 

 and it likes a yellow loam soil. 



Meteor is one of the best red, everblooming roses, 

 but to be successfully grown it should have a house 

 where a temperature of at least sixty-three degrees can 

 be given, while it will luxuriate at sixty-five to sixty- 

 eight. It is naturally quite likely to be attacked by 

 mildew and red spider, unless great care is taken with 

 the ventilation and syringing. 



Kaiserin is a good summer variety and has a long 

 season of flowering, but is generally considered a failure 

 as a variety for winter flowering, as it is likely to take 

 on a greenish -white color. 



Mrs. W. C. Whitney is an early and a free flowering 

 variety. It has an excellent foliage, is a vigorous 

 grower and has long stems. Its flowers are large and 

 full and of a pure, deep pink. 



Amerioan Belle is a sport from American Beauty, 

 and where a sufficiently high price can be obtained it is 

 a favorite variety. The flowers are very full and have a 

 deep pink color with a carmine shade. 



The new rose, Souvenir de Pres. Carnot, is making 

 a very good impression. It is a very strong grower, 

 with long, stiff stems. The flower is of a distinct shade 

 of pink ; it is of a large size and has a sweet odor. It is 

 claimed to flower freely, both indoors and out, and to 

 be particularly valuable on account of its excellent 

 keeping qualities. 



Of the other recent sorts that are being largely 

 planted are Belle Siebrecht and Mrs. Pierpont Morgan. 



