Cultural Notes. i:J7 



inches high, and from one to four side shoots will form 

 that are pretty sure to bud. Strong shoots that go blind 

 ■will, if bent over, usually throw blooming shoots from 

 the lower bvids, or from the base of the plant. It is a 

 ravenous feeder and you must do Avell by it if you would 

 see a fine growth. 



The remaining roses used for winter work are mainly 

 duplicates in color of those already described. Among 

 these, Sunset, asport from Perle, and Duchess of Albany, 

 from La France, should be given in the main the same 

 treatment as described for the varieties from which they 

 originated. Sunset is less apt to come deformed in 

 winter than its parent, Perle, the buds being formed 

 mainly on single stems instead of in cluster form, as is 

 sometimes the case with the latter. Waban, a sport 

 from Mermet, has, so far as I know, been utterly unable 

 to redeem herself in the estimation of growers, and 

 must be set down as worthless in most localities, but the 

 color so much sought after, as well as good habit, seems 

 to have been found in her sister, the Bridesmaid. 



This is also a sister of the Bride and bids fair to rank 

 with her in popular favor. It shows no inclination 

 to throw malformed buds, and holds its color well dur- 

 ing long continued dark weather, the only defect which 

 can be found Avith its illustrious parent. I have had 

 the opportunity of watching this rose for a year, and 

 find treatment accorded Mermet, suited to this also. 



Madam Pierre Guillott is another rose not as well 



