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of bluer pink and more rounded form, but a charmer none the 

 less; and La France, for its rich, oily, attar perfume, if no other 

 pink ones, he must have; Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, a superla- 

 tively lovely, large, robust white rose; Alice Grahame; Bessie 

 Brown; Antoine Rivoire; Mme. Ravary and Mme. Abel Chatenay, 

 of exquisite, soft apricot tint, suggesting the tender tea Safrano; 

 the vivid Liberty red; and the bushy Gruss an Teplitz, whose 

 crimson roses, unstintedly produced well above the deep-toned 

 foliage tipped with maroon, keep the garden bright when all others 

 fail the little list may be amended or increased by every rose- 

 grower who, in his particular section and under different con- 

 ditions, has discovered the merits of roses better adapted to them; 

 but he will certainly test these. From May till killing frost he may 

 rely upon cutting from his garden such roses from these bushes as 

 in former years came only from greenhouses in the North. 

 Midsummer heat and drought, it is true, somewhat diminish 

 their numbers, but never more should there be famine in the 

 well-cared-for rose garden. 



And where shall that be made, and how tended ? 



A tree may be said to spread its roots as many feet from the 

 trunk as it is high; therefore the rosarian will not place his darlings 

 where their rich repasts will tempt greedy thieves. But roses, like 

 all other flowers in the garden picture, need a background and a 

 frame; and trees at a safe distance, encircling the rose plot or act- 

 ing as a shelter on its coldest, most windy side especially ever- 

 green trees there add greatly to its beauty and comfort. Into 

 some of the trees rambler roses may climb and toss into the air 

 sprays of pink and crimson. But the trees should not be so dense 

 as to interfere with a free circulation of air, or there will be mildew 

 and other fungous troubles to fight continually; nor should pro- 



