^^^^ some varieties are more attractive "'^^^^^ 

 iv^"" than others, and these in this white and ' 

 green planting are exceptionally valuable 

 because of their different forms and different to a 

 certain extent in their flowering season and their 

 flowers. Some of these varieties cannot be found 

 in all nurseries, but I will be glad to inform any 

 subscribers desiring to know where they may be 

 had. 



CAROLINE TESTOUT— THE BEST PINK 

 HARDY HYBRID TEA-ROSE THAT GROWS 



Caroline Testout— why should we be sur- 

 prised by your stateliness, or your big fat pink 

 cheeks ! Haven't you bloomed and bloomed faith- 

 fully for many years? Aren't you always the first 

 of your race to greet us in the Spring, and don't 

 you linger on late into the Fall, joyfully brighten- 

 ing our gardens for us, never thinking of bidding 

 us an au revoir until after the first heavy frost? 

 Within a few months you will be twenty-seven 

 years old, and aren't you still the queen of all 

 the bedding roses. 



And what an amiable disposition you have, 

 for you grow and thrive and bloom almost any- 

 where, on a dry hillside, or in a pampered rose 



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