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and oh, how exquisite it was! with all its countless 

 delicate but clear, true lavender flowers held well 

 above their splendid green spears which remain 

 beautifully green until late Autumn. There will 

 be Druschkis all the Summer, not many I know, 

 but here and there a flower will show. Then in Sep- 

 tember a very fair display may be expedted, if the 

 flowering laterals are pruned hard. 



^ Apropos of Autumn coloring there is a novelty 

 miniature rose that carries in its baby blossoms 

 all of Autumn's tints. While it is of the Cecile 

 Brunner type as to form, this extraordinary novelty 

 possesses astonishing vigor, producing blooms as 

 extravagantly in the open as Ophelia and having 

 all the ruddiness, all the gold and flame tints of 

 Lady Pirrie. The foliage changes with the first fro^ 

 to as vivid hues as the scarlet Japanese maples. 

 As an edging rose to a yellow rose bed, as a reliable 

 hardy miniature, ** Titania " or " Indian Sum- 

 mer " (it has two names) indeed has no equal. 



^ A new hardy hybrid-tea rose is the T. F. Crozier 

 and what a real beauty! — A splendid yellow, its 

 olive green foliage is mildew-proof, the buds lovely 



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