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can only plant half a dozen, take Hermosa, Bal- 
duin, Liberty, Clothilde Soupert, Mrs. Robert 
Peary, Virginia Coxe. The grandest new rose of 
1903 in my bed was Gen. MacArthur, and the 
best of the previous year was Virginia Coxe. 
The hybrid tea-roses are practically hardy, re- 
quiring only hilling up in winter, although among 
them there are degrees of power to resist the frost. 
On the whole, this is one of the very best classes of 
roses for general planting. It has the advantage of 
giving us very sweet flowers and perpetual bloom, 
with a considerable degree of hardiness. Among 
the best new ones are Admiral Dewey, Admiral 
Schley, Clara Watson, Antoine Revoire, White 
Lady, Mrs. W. C. Whitney, and Mad. Jules Fin- 
ger. Quite hardy, also, and exceedingly fine are the 
Madame Cochet set — the yellow, the white, the 
red, and the pink flowering. If you wish for three 
exceedingly fine and hardy climbers, select Climb- 
ing Meteor, Climbing Wootton, and Climbing Clo- 
thilde Soupert. The old Baltimore Belle and the 
Queen of the Prairies are not quite hardy north of 
Philadelphia. I am obliged to lay them down and 
carefully cover them every winter. 
Any one in the country can grow lilies very liber- 
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