NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 11 



Floriculture.— Some European countries are ahead of us in Horticultural education. Many of 

 the public schools in Germany and Sweden have flower gardens attached, and the children are regu- 

 larly instructed in gardening, the structure and growth of plants and other kindred subjects. Surely 

 we cannot afford to be behind other nations in an art so essential to the pleasure and enjoyment of re- 

 fined homes. 



Public Institutions. — Schools, asylums, colleges, cemeteries, hospitals, parks, and other public 

 institutions who design expending ^20 and upwards, can send list of plants wanted, and get special 

 rates in proportion to the size of the order. 



Gladiolus "with. Roses. — Gladiolus is one~of the few flowers which do very well planted be- 

 tween Roses, particularly in beds of Hybrid Perpetuals. They occupy but little space and their large 

 spikes of gorgeous colors make a fine show at a time when Roses are not in bloom. 



Hard to Please. — We like to have orders from people who are hard to please, and think they 

 can't be suited. Try as hard as they like, they have to admit, we do please thetn. 



Liberal and Enterprising* People want the best of everything. Our beautiful Roses are 

 the finest of all flowers, and are one of the luxuries of a refined home. 



Novelties. — We offer more novelties this year than ever before. The season has been very pro- 

 lific of NEW ROSES. Many of them are very fine, we hope all are valuable ; but don't think for a 

 moment that they in any way detract from the beauty of the good old kinds ; many of which can't be 

 beaten, and you can get a large bed of them for the price of a very few untried novelties. 



Home Polks. — An old customer writes, " Our folks love Roses, and I really believe we derived 

 more pleasure from the small bill of Roses and Gladiolus I bought of you last Spring, than we should 

 have gotten from ten times the amount expended in a trip to Newport or Saratoga." She adds, 

 however, **It is nice to have both !" 



Have you seen our Beautiful Seedling* Gladiolus ? — They are so cheap you might 

 think they were common. We can't make much money out of them, but it is a pleasure to give our 

 friends a good thing, arid these are really extra fine. Persons who have room and can afford it should 

 plant them by the hundred and thousand. By planting at two or three different times you can have a 

 splendid show from July to October. For space required, &c., see page 56. 



Garden Roses. — We are frequently asked for Garden Roses, as though only some varieties of 

 Roses were suitable for garden culture. This is a mistake. All Roses are Garden Roses, and do 

 best when planted in open ground in Summer. 



Hardy Roses. — People often write, " I want Roses that are hardy and that will bloom all the 

 time." When such requests comes from the South, they can be filled to the letter; there the Ever- 

 Blooming Roses are hardy, and they bloom as nearly all the time as any plant can reasonably be 

 expected to do.. But in the North the case is different; here the Ever-Blooming Roses thrive and 

 bloom beautifully, but are not entirely hardy, while the Hybrid Perpetuals, Mosses and Climbers, 

 which are hardy, do not bloom all the time ; therefore as neither class combines in itself perfect 

 hardiness and constant bloom, a choice must be made between them, or, what is better, a bed of each 

 kind may be planted. 



We advise planting a bed of each when circumstances will permit. If this cannot be 

 done, and one is compelled to have Hardy Roses, that will stand the rigorous winters of the North 

 without protection, then order Hybrid Perpetuals, Mosses and Climbers. These are the hardiest 

 of all Roses. 



The Dingee and Conard Oo.'s Beautiful Ever-Blooming Roses, are so remarkably 

 fine and distinct, that they have acquired a character entirely their own; they are celebrated where- 

 ever known for their charming beauty, delightful fragrance, and quick and profuse bloom. Though 

 not entirely hardy in all localities, they can usually be kept over Winter in one of the ways described 

 on page 9; but if lost, their first season's bloom will have amply repaid their trifling cost. They are 

 much hardier and more beautiful than bedding plants, which are bought for one season only, and 

 if necessary, you can well afford to plant them new every year. 



Large Roses. — We are frequently asked for Large Roses ; people say they wish them for im- 

 mediate effect. We do not send out Large Roses, because they do not give satisfaction. Our vigor- 

 ous young Roses bear removal better, grow large very fast, and produce ten times as many flowers 

 the first season as the large Roses usually sold. Roses that have been forced to large growth and 

 bloom under glass, and then removed to open ground, require time to recuperate, and frequently 

 stand all Summer without blooming at all. 



