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Ard's Rover 



Paul's Carmine Pillar 



Rosa setigera 



Dorothy Perkins 



Queen Alexandra 



Crimson Rambler 



Lord Penzance Hybrid Sweetbriers 



Reine Marie Henriette is undoubtedly the 

 very finest trellis rose for the climate of Phila- 

 delphia. It is a vigorous grower, fairly 

 hardy, and is a glory in June, while through- 

 out the entire summer, and autumn until 

 frost, many good blooms may be gathered. 

 In pruning, the leading shoots should be cut 

 back to a little above the trellis, and the 

 laterals shortened to two eyes. 



Hybrid Teas 



Some of the Hybrid Tea Roses are hardy and 

 vigorous in growth and constitution, and in 

 freedom and size of bloom they surpass all 

 other sections. About one hundred and fifty 

 varieties have already been introduced, a few 

 of which are excellent, some mediocre, and 

 most worthless for our climate. After a trial 

 of about eighty varieties, some fifteen are 

 believed to be well worthy of cultivation here. 

 There are some others that give good prom- 



