244 PKOCEEDiNGS OF THE [June, 1890. 



Spring crop of roses may be saved by cutting back the plants in February; be- 

 fore the flower buds have formed, and by keeping the plants cut back until 

 all danger of frost is over. This plan would bring the roses into bloom about 

 a month later than the usual blooming period. In fact, there is very little 

 doubt that if Charleston rose growers would trim their Hybrid roses in No- 

 vember, and then cut them back again in February, every year, so as to avoid 

 the invariable frosts of March and early April, the Spring bloom would be 

 much more perfect. 



"While the season of 1889-90 has been a trying one upon the patience and 

 enthusiasm of the amateur, it must be remembered that it was a phenomenal 

 season and not likely to be duphcated in many years. In the language of the 

 Kev. Reynolds Hall, the great rose grower of England, I may be permitted to 

 say that ' ' He who would have beautiful Roses in his garden must have beauti- 

 ful Roses in his heart. He must love them well and always. To win he must 

 woo, as Jacob wooed Laban's daughter, though drought and frost consume. He 

 must have not only the glowing admiration, the enthusiasm, and the passion, 

 but the tenderness, the thoughtf ulness, the reverence, the watchfulness of love. 

 With no ephemeral caprice, like the fair young Knight's, who loves and who 

 rides away when his sudden fii-e is gone from the cold white ashes, the Cavalier 

 of the Rose has seynper fidelis upon his crest and shield. He is loyal and devo- 

 ted ever, in storm fraught as in snnny days ; not only the fii-st upon a Sum- 

 mer's morning to gaze admiringly on glowing charms, but the first, when leaves 

 fall and winds are chill to protect against cruel frost. As with smitten bache- 

 lor or steadfast mate, the lady of his love is lovely ever, so to the tnie Rose 

 grower must the Rose-tree be always a thing of beauty. To others, when its 

 flowers have faded, it may be worthless as a hedge-row thorn ; to him in every 

 phase it is precious. ' I am no more the Rose, ' it says, ' but cherish me, for 

 we have dwelt together ' ; and the glory which has been and the glory which 

 shall be, never fade from his heart." 



37th anniversary MEETING. 



NOVEMBER 27th, 1890. 

 Dr. G. E. Manigault, Vice-President, in tlie Chair. 



Books Received. 

 Medical and Surgical Journal, Atlanta, Ga. : Vol. VII, Nos. 4-9. 



