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or over watering as the cause. To show at their best, 

 the buds should be cut before they are open at the tip, 

 and be placed in water under the cellar skylight until 

 matured. One who has not tried this will be astonished 

 at the transformation that will take place in a few days. 

 Sometimes in cold weather four days after cutting will 

 be required to develop them perfectly and show them 

 at their best. If exposed to the light and no ice allowed 

 to come near them in the cellar they will retain their 

 fine coloring and be of twice the value they were when 

 first cut. 



All lovers of color admire the silvery pink of La 

 France, and in popular favor it stands second only to 

 Mermet, while with many it occupies first place. It is 

 by no means a difficult rose to grow, though somewhat 

 delicate in comparison with others. It loves a soil suit- 

 able for Perle, but as it is subject to black spot, water- 

 ing and atmospheric changes must be carefully attended 

 to. To develop well it should be grown in a tempera- 

 ture varying but little from sixty-two at night. 



The buds should never be cut until well expanded, 

 which detracts from its value as a shipping rose. With- 

 in a few hours from the time they are open, they should 

 be on the market, undergoing in the meantime as little 

 handling as possible, the delicacy of both petals and 

 color — which makes them such favorites — forbidding 

 what to some varieties is a benefit. 



"White La France, a rose of exceedingly delicate col- 



