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ROSES 



most desirable roses; most of the modern 

 favourites are of this class. 



It is impossible to have the best roses and 

 the best bush at the same time. The pruning 

 and general cultivation are entirely different. 

 The two purposes cannot be entirely recon- 

 ciled. If you want the best double roses, 

 your rose bushes are sure to be unsightly 

 when they are out of bloom. If you want a 

 rose bush that will look well through the sea- 

 son you cannot have the best double flowers. 

 If you want the individual flowers you must 

 grow flowers — not plants — by pruning hard 

 each year in the spring, cutting back almost 

 to the ground. In this climate the standard 

 roses should be grown on the Dog Rose stock, 

 every plant dug up in the autumn, laid in a 

 trench, and covered for the winter. The 

 standard is of service only to relieve the level 

 monotony of a formal rose garden. It does 

 not give larger flowers. 



In the lists for special purposes, which 

 follow, the object has been to present selec- 

 tions of the best varieties suited to each case. 

 The lists, in other words, are not exclusive, 

 but suggestive rather. The previously pub- 

 lished statements of experienced growers have 



