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" bottom " on each side close to the handle, natu- 

 rally the canes will be " tied in " (trained) tightly 

 to the high wire handle, and in a short time com- 

 pletely hiding it with good foliage and bloom which 

 will la^ all Summer long, because they are not 

 ramblers but hybrid-teas that climb but not to 

 fifteen or twenty feet. No, that would be too ram- 

 pant for this purpose. 



^ The inside of the basket is filled with richly 

 prepared soil and in it the miniature Titania, or 

 Eugenie Lamesch, or Perle d' Or are planted close 

 to the inner edge, spaced ten inches apart and the 

 center is also filled with roses also spaced ten inches 

 apart. This leaves sufficient room for cultivating 

 and feeding. 



^ Personally I prefer the baby Titania in the basket 

 with Mme. Melaine Soupert S& While Eugenie 

 Lamesch and Perle d' Or are of the same coloring 

 as Titania only in a lesser degree, Titania is a more 

 perfecft rose. For the handle the climbing Belle 

 Siebrecht is admirable, a perfecftly hardy hybrid- 

 tea climber. Then we can fill the center with that 

 lovable little Cecile Brunner whose perfedt pink 



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