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Zonal and Soented-lbaved Geraniums make good -wiiidow 

 plants, provided they can have plenty of light, plenty of air, and 

 a moderate temperature. They do not hear crowding nor excess 

 of Vfater. They should be kept as near the glass as may he, 

 and the plants frequently turned so as to expose all sides alike 

 to the light. Some of the very finest varieties of recent intro- 

 duction are mentioned in their proper place, under the head of 

 Bedding Plants, and from these the cultivator may make selec- 

 tions of such colors of flower and foliage as may be preferred. 



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fortunately it is not our province to tell of the beauty of the 

 Hose. That has been told by more gifted votaries, both in song 

 and story. Ours is the humble duty to teU how best to care for 

 this Queen of Flowers, how her admiring attendants may win 

 her brightest smiles, and see her come forth " with royal beauty 

 bright." 



Everybody admires the Eose, everybody grows the Eose, but 

 it is not everyone that grows Eoses. Perfect success in the cul- 

 tivation of the Eose, is the outcome of a devotion that ever bums 

 but never consumes. Down in the depths of the heart it glows 

 ever. "Winter's snows never chill it, clouds and storms never 

 damp its ardor. With loving tenderness the true subject waits 

 constantly upon his Queen, never remitting his attention even in 

 the " sere and yeUow leaf," but tending her as lovingly as when 

 budding into beauty, or glowing in all the splendor of queeply 

 majesty. Only they who are filled with such a spirit wiU grow 

 Eoses. 



The Canadian cultivator has his own peculiar soil and climate. 

 These have their influence upon the work of Eose-growing, but 

 though they present some difficulties, they are by no means 

 insuperable. A careful attention to the requirements of the Eose, 

 and a judicious selection of those varieties best adapted to the 

 peculiar conditions of our position, will enable us to achieve most 

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