when they require so httle culture and so little 

 room? We could have all the Speciosum group 

 besides Auratum, Longiflorum Regale and Ma- 

 donna with a great many dainty zephyranthes 

 (Fairy lilies), bordering the greenhouse benches, 

 with oxalis. Lobelia gracilis, pink, blue and white 

 Roman hyacinths, freesias, marvelous gerberas, 

 dwarf lacey ferns and uncommonly delicate vines. 

 And why should we not grow trees of heliotrope, 

 Ian tanas and fuchsias, and grow them well? How 

 infinitely enjoyable they would be when brought 

 into our sunny rooms in all their beautiful fresh- 

 ness, where we could delight in them until they 

 begin to fade, when with pruning, feeding and 

 a little re^ they would bloom again and again. 

 ^ Then there are roses that flourish so well under 

 glass, if we but knew which ones are peculiarly 

 responsive to life in the greenhouse. Have you 

 ever seen a-bloom under glass a bush of Mrs. 

 Charles Russell, or Columbia, Madame Butter- 

 fly, Hadley, Collette Martinette, Radiance, 

 Premier, Ophelia, Frank W. Dunlap, Killarney 

 Queen or Frau Karl Druschki? If you have not I 

 mu^t tell you that you have been deprived of many 

 a thrill. You have not been made to feel " Give me 

 Winter roses sweet spirit of the flowers that I may 

 forget that it is cold and drear." 

 ^ While Columbia, Premier and Mrs. Charles 

 Russell are rather similar, they are a remarkable 

 trio with their glowing soft pink, coral, deep rose 

 and ruby coloring. Madame Butterfly is an im- 

 proved Ophelia; Hadley a splendid deep velvety 

 red; Sunbur^ and Collette Martinette are bright 

 gold, saffron and other sunny hues. Then there 

 are Frank W. Dunlap whose flowers are richly 

 deeply pink, and our faithful Ophelia who has 

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