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ROSES 



ROSES FOR GREENHOUSE DECORATION 



Roses for this purpose should make a free 

 growth and cover a good space in a season; 

 therefore climbing roses are best. The 

 larger-flowered kinds mav be used for cut 

 flowers also. Train the vines along the 

 rafters, on a wire or upon a trellis against the 

 wall. 



The Cherokee — a very tender Southern rose (R. laevigata), 



flowers single, white and large. 

 Marechal Niel (N.), yellow. 

 Niphetos (T.), white. 

 Reine Marie Henriette (T.), cherry red. 

 Gloire de Dijon (T.), creamy yellow. 

 Climbing La France and other climbing forms of the 



popular varieties. 

 Banksia — useful if grown only for its foliage, small 



flowers, pale yellow or white, having the odour of 



violets. 



ROSES FOR BOUTONNIERES 



A gentleman who wears a rose bud in his 

 coat lapel every day wishes a moderate-sized, 

 compact, half-open bud of lasting quality. 

 The following are adapted to this purpose 

 (the Persian Yellow least of all), and are also 

 desirable for garden decoration and cut 

 flow T ers. 



