IHd How TO Grow Cut Flowers. 



oring, and a favorite in some sections, requires much 

 the same treatment as that already described for I.a 

 France. 



American Beauty supplies both form and color not 

 found in any of the foregoing. Not all who try, suc- 

 ceed with it, but the cause of failure is not always easy 

 to determine. Some who succeed once, fail on the next 

 trial, and it is desirable that all the conditions of both 

 success and failure should be made a subject of careful 

 study. No one would dare lay down any set formula 

 of treatment, as may be done with some varieties, for 

 all such are liable to fail, as the writer has had the op- 

 portunity of proving. 



This dear rose — in more senses than one — is exceed- 

 ingly capricious, and often found in the condition in 

 which a cynic once classed her glorious namesake, 

 " when she will she will, and when she wont she wont." 

 I venture the assertion, however, that he whose percep- 

 tions are keen enough to match the latter, will usually 

 succeed with the first also. Were I to venture any 

 cultural suggestions they would be the following : 



Give it the same soil as Mermet, plant early, the last 

 of May if possible, and with good strong plants that 

 have never been allowed to become pot bound. Do not 

 let the night temperature fall below 58° or exceed 63°. 

 Should very thick, heavy canes come up from the bot- 

 toin, that will not form a bud when left to mature, pinch 

 off such as they appear when from twelve to fifteen 



