$8 GARDENING POR PLEASURE. 



PRUNING. 



But little pruning is done to Tea Eoses until they 

 begin to get too thick towards spring. The " blind- 

 wood " should then be gradually and judiciously thinned 

 out, care being taken not to cut too much off at once, as 

 that would be certain to more or less check the vitality 

 of the plant by gorging the rootlets with water ; hence, 

 after pruning, for a few days water sparingly. 



TEA ROSES; VARIETIES TO FORCE. 



The varieties grown are changing every season, and no 

 list we can give to-day is likely to remain as the best ten 

 years hence. The favorite Tea Roses now grown for 

 winter are Perle des Jardins (yellow), Sunset (orange), 

 Papa Gontier (carmine), Niphetos (white), Catherine 

 Mermet (rosy pink), Souvenir d'un Ami (delicate peach 

 color), Cornelia Cook (white), Marshal Robert (pale yel- 

 low), Madame Cusin (pink), Bon Silene (carmine), 

 The Bride (white), William Francis Bennett (crimson), 

 American Beauty (light crimson), La France (rich peach 

 color), The Puritan (white), and Meteor (scarlet crim- 

 son). The last five are " Hybrid " Teas, but they are 

 usually grown as Teas. 



Of Climbing Roses, which are grown on the rafters 

 of the greenhouse, Marechal Niel (yellow), Lamarque 

 (white), Gloire de Dijon (salmon rose), Red Gloire de 

 Dijon (carmine), and the new Waltham Climber (deep 

 crimson), are the best. This last has not yet been largely 

 tested, but in all probability it will supply a want long 

 felt. It is a double Rose of fine form and of exquisite 

 crimson color, equal in nearly all respects to our finest 

 Hybrid Perpetuals ; all dark Roses that we have hitherto 

 had in climbers being shy bloomers with inferior flowers. 

 Unfortunately, none of the Climbing Roses that are used 



