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NEW ROSES 



AS I liave received iiu|uiiies con- 

 cerning the newei' additions to 

 our already large list of roses, it would 

 perhaps not be out of place to reply as 

 far as I can to these inquiries through 

 the columns of our journal. I may 

 preface the very few guarded remarks 

 that I shall make by saying, that with 

 added years, I am developing a won- 

 derful amount of good Scotch caution, 

 and do not now care to positively laud 

 or condemn either a rose or a fellow- 

 being, without a considerable term of 

 close accjuaintance. 



The Puritan came out last summer. 

 My own experience with it does not 

 amount to much, but I have corres- 

 ponded with those who are better in- 

 formed on it than I am myself, and 

 having summed up the information le- 

 ceived, I think what follows will prove 

 reliable. It is a hybrid tea, white, and 

 when perfect, very beautiful. Some 

 very fine blooms have been produced 

 under glass, l)ut as yet it has not suc- 

 ceeded in the open air. I do not think, 

 on the whole, it will prove so valuable as 

 " The Bride," which came out some 

 months before. 



l/u, I.NNKKKir. 



Mhs. John Lain*;, a hybrid j)ei- 

 petual, is perhaps the latest rose out, 

 of which anything is really known. 

 From all I can learn of this rose, T pre- 

 dict it has come to stay. In color it is 

 pink, and it has many qualities to com 

 mend it. It is claimed to be a seed- 

 ling of that fine old variety Frances 

 Michelon. I will write more of this 

 rose so soon as I known more about it. 

 I can now recommend The Bhide more 

 strongly than I did last spring. It is a 

 first-class rose for the amateur. Sou- 

 venir de Victor Hugo has also exceeded 

 my expectations, but its resemblance to 

 older varieties detracts from its value 

 as a novelty. 



Her Ma.jestv takes a long time to 

 fully pi-ove itself. I got my first plant 

 two years ago, and my eyes have 

 not yet been gladdened by the sight of 

 one bloom. I would advise those im- 

 patient persons who desire a full show 

 of bloom in a few weeks after planting, 

 not to plant largely of this variety. Of 

 other roses introduced in the last few 

 years, I have nothing to say which I 

 liave not said before. 



JUNE FLOWERS; OR A RAMBLE IN THE WOODS. 



By Mhs. A. Oiiaiirist, Gikm-i 



JUNE, the month of flowers, finds 

 our woods and river banks fairly 

 aglow with floral beauty. The tru«' 

 value of flowers is in their form, color, 

 and fragrance. There is no language 



to describe the exquisite pencilings and 

 shadings of many of our native flowers, 

 rivalling in beauty and sweetness some 

 of their more pretentious exotic re- 

 latives, which can only be brought to 



