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planted in a mass and should be sheltered with a screen 

 from the burning sun. This is probably one of Richard- 

 son's 



Glori de Doual — Deep crimson, semi-double. 



General Jacqueminot — Color like the Jack Hose. 

 Large flower, fragrant and a good keeper. 



General Grant — One of Terry's fine ones. An im- 

 mense flower of dazzling red. The only trouble is it 

 does not furnish stem strong enough for the flower. 



General Sherman — Another of Terry's. A strong, 

 vigorous grower, rose color, tinged with purple. Late 

 bloomer. 



Grovcr Cleveland (Tecumseh) — This in another of 

 Terry's. It is a little freaky. One year it was de- 

 scribed as follows : ^Tt is a system of deep colored, rich 

 flowers, packed and pressed together into a shapely ball 

 of dazzling red, the solidest of all. You could almost 

 stone a dog with it. It is one of the best keepers we 

 have." Cut while the bud is opening, it retains its 

 beauty a long time. Sometimes it is more open in form, 

 but always a splendid flower. Another season it will 

 open v^ith a broader bloom, but wh<atever form it as- 

 sumes, it is fine. 



Grandiflora Carnea Plena — This is one of our best, 

 and hard to describe. It has pink guard petals, with a 

 mingling of many tints in the center. It is fragrant ; 

 globular and compact in form. It gives a long suces- 

 sion of bloom, and the flowers are fine keepers. The 

 early ones grow lighter with age, and new ones come on, 

 clothed in their showy tints, so that a single row gives 



