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Annual Jfoss Roses, 

 English Moss, old variety, very mossy. 

 Adelaide, crimson. 

 Glory of Mosses, rose color; fine. 

 Alice Leroy, pale lilac. ^ 

 Luxembourg, crimson. 

 Henry iJ^artin, brilliant carmine. 



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Prairie Roses, — Hardy Climbers. 

 Baltimore Belle, nearly white. 

 Queen of the Prairie, rosy red. 

 Seven Sisters, crimson, shading to white. 



Gem of the Prairies, a hybrid between the^Queen of the Prairie and 

 Madame Laffay; a strong, vigorous grower, flowers rich rosy crimson, 

 and of delicious fragrance. A great acquisition to climbing roses. 



The oldest Eose Bush in the world is said to be one which is trained 

 upon one side of the Cathedral of Hildesheim, in Germany. Its age is 

 unknown, but documents exist which prove that a Bishop Hezelio, 

 nearly a thousand years ago, protected it by a stone roof, which is still 

 in existence. The largest Eose Bush is a white Banksia, in the Marine 

 Garden at London, which was sent there, the first of its kind, in 1813, 

 by Bonpland. Its numerous branches, some of which measure eighteen 

 inches in circumference, cover an immense wall to a width of nearly 

 sixty feet, and at times, in early Spring, as many as fifty thousand flowers 

 have been counted on this Queen of aU Eoses ! 



" Roses arc of royal birth, 

 Loveliest monarchs of the earth! 

 Not the realm of flowers alone, 

 But human hearts their sceptre own. 

 3Iark what flowers the maiden's hand 

 Gathers for her bridal band; 

 "What tlie sweetest influence shed, 

 Hound the grateful suflerer's bed; 

 What with holiest light illume 

 The grief and darkness of the tomb." 



