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Ming m a good : 

 methods of 'ha 



m-doors the year round. L; 

 ' glass, with very satisfacto 

 them also report a similar < 



>re long, 

 us were p 

 the fall, 



Further experii 



davantage gamed as we have fou 

 my own experiments I have foi 

 Deen made much larger, but the s 

 the petals had more substance. 



decided opinion can be gfveTon these points. One advan- £3! 

 tage in disbudding is secured by removing the terminal bud 

 and all the lateral buds excepting three, taking care to have 



ime raising seedlings, that we must not be surprised to see 

 s artlmg results spring up in some unexpected place at any 



lme - Gf ace Wilder, for instance, being a delicate pink, was 

 very popular, as that color is much sought. It has some de- 

 lects. The raisers of seedlings bent their energies towards 

 improvement in that color. Much success has crowned their 

 enorts. There are Grace Battles, Edna Craig, Win. Scott, 

 ancl some others, all of whirl! are essentially the same in line 

 in 2? ' but the n °wers are larger, and there are other merits 

 m them which show what mav be done bv intelligent effort, 

 we want an improvement on Portia as a scarlet variety. The 

 P ant is generally a healthy grower and a free bloomer, but the 



