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mer, are utterly worthless for winter work, and the re- 

 verse is also true of some of our best winter bloomers. 

 Perle des Jardins undoubtedly stands at the head of the 

 list as an all the year around rose, and still, if not proper- 

 ly treated, or if the weather is for a long time unfavor- 

 able during the winter months, its buds will be more 

 or less imperfect. The conditions being favorable, and 

 particularly the nights being cool, the most perfect 

 specimens are produced in the month of October, and 

 again in ^larch on plants that were set late, and have 

 bloomed lightly previous to that date, and this will 

 occur without any specially prepared soil. To insure 

 paying results during November, December and Jan- 

 uary, while the days are shortest and often sunless, is a 

 conundrum that lias confronted many a grower. I am 

 satisfied so-called " bullheads " maj' be attributed large- 

 ly to four causes: Too heavy soil, excessive feed, a low 

 temperature, absence of sun heat. 



All these influences have a direct bearing, and singly 

 or combined, each plays a part in producing unsatis- 

 factory results. 



It can be accepted as a fixed rule, that all varieties 

 which do well in summer heat, need a higher tempera- 

 ture in winter than the average stancla,rd. Applying 

 this to Perle, we find it does not require as high a degree 

 of heat in summer to bring it to perfection, as do Mad. 

 Margottin, Etoile de Lyon and others that might ho 

 mentioned. From this we reason that the degree of 



