June, 1908 



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Viscountess Folkstone — a hybrid-tea, like La France — is 

 an excellent bloomer. It is a creamy pink in color, with re- 

 flexed and curling petals, and a rich, June-rose fragrance. 



Maman Cochet is one of the best of its class, all things 

 considered. It blooms in wonderful profusion. It is a 



C. Mermet 



strong grower. Its color is a deep pink, with a silvery luster 

 on the inner side of the petal. It is very double, and quite as 

 lovely in the bud as in the expanded flower. 



Caprice is a peculiar sort, its thick, waxen petals of rosy 

 carmine being heavily blotched and striped with dark red, 

 shading to crimson. It is most beautiful when just begin- 

 ning to expand. 



Hermosa is an old favorite. It is always in bloom, when 

 well cared for, and its rich pink flowers are produced in 

 prodigal profusion. 



Perle des Jardins is a beautiful rose, of as rich a color as 



Caprice 



bloomer of all. Its flowers are produced in clusters of ten 

 to twenty. It is very double, of delicate pink, fading to 

 almost pure white at the. outside of the flower, deepening to 

 rosy carmine, at the center. Best results are secured from 

 this variety by removing at least half the buds from each 

 cluster. If all are allowed to remain, the last flowers to open 

 will be small and inferior in all respects. 



I would advise the purchase of two-year-old plants always. 

 Younger plants will give a few good flowers, but they can 

 not be expected to make as strong a growth as those with 

 heavier roots. The older plants cost a little more, but they 

 are well worth the difference in price. 



Order your plants in April, and get them into the ground 

 about the first of May. Have the soil in which you plant 



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Marechal Neil — a deep, glowing yellow — and a very free 

 bloomer. It should be included in all collections. 



Sunset — another good bloomer — is a tawny yellow in color, 

 flamed with fawn and coppery tints. It is a lovely rose. 



Clothilde Soupert — a polyantha — is the most profuse 



La France 



them well spaded to the depth of at least a foot, and make 

 sure that whatever fertilizer you use is thoroughly worked 

 into it. The ideal fertilizer for the rose is old cow manure, 

 black and friable. But bone meal suits it very well, if it 

 can not have, the other. 



