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THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



the following morning, often after a long journey, and that each bloom set up must he a 

 different variety from any of its fellows. 1 would strongly advise the beginner to start with, 

 say, 350 plants, which, with careful attention to their requirements, will allow him to compete 

 with a good chance of success in the smaller classes at any of the leading Rose shows in the 

 country. By the time he has won his spurs in these small classes he will have learnt what 

 Roses do best in his own locality, and may be safely trusted to alter in any way he may see 

 fit the following selection, which, however, in the first instance ought to prove a very strong 

 and effective one, the varieties named in it having appeared in recent years more frequently in 

 winning stands than any others. 



Selection of 3 50 Hybrid Perpetuals and Hybrid Teas for Exhibition. — Twelve 

 plants of each of the following : A. K. Williams, Caroline Testout (H.T.), Her Majesty, Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria (H.T.), La France (H.T.), Mine. G. Luizet, Marquise Litta (H.T.), 

 Mrs. John Laing, Mrs. R. G. Sharman-Crawford, Mrs. W. J. Grant (H.T.), Suzanne M. 

 Rodoeanachi, and Ulrich Brunner. 



Six plants of Alfred Colomb, Captain Hayward, Charles Lefebvre, Dupuy Jamain, Earl 

 of Dufferin, Gustave Piganeau, Helen Keller, Horace Vemet, Marchioness of Londonderry, 

 Marie Baumann, Merveille de Lyon, and Prince Arthur. 



TEAS AND NOISETTES.— Ten plants of Bridesmaid, Catherine Mermet, Comtesse 

 de Nadaillac, Innocente Pirola, Mine. Cusin, Mme. Hoste, Maman Cochet, Marie Van 

 Houtte, Muriel Grahame, Souvenir de S. A. Prince, and The Bride. 



Six plants of Caroline 

 Luster ( N . ) > Hon. Edith Gif- 

 ford, Madame de Watteville, 

 and Souvenir d'un Ami. 



When ordering these 

 Roses from the nurseries, it 

 will be advisable to stipulate 

 that they be dwarf or bush 

 plants, on either the Briar 

 cutting or seedling Briar 

 stocks, as the Manetti stock- 

 is less satisfactory and endur- 

 ing on most soils. If the loca- 

 lity be one in which the wild 

 Briars grow vigorously in the 

 hedgerows, instead of having 

 all dwarf plants half Standards 

 may in some cases be substi- 

 tuted. Arranged at intervals 

 down the centre of each bed, 

 these half Standards will con- 

 siderably improve the appear- 

 ance of the Rose garden when 

 the plants are in flower, 

 besides which the Hybrid 

 Teas and Tea-scented Roses 

 often thrive better on this 

 stock than on any other. 



The order for the plants 

 should, if possible, be sent in 

 muuel grahame. during October, as it is 



