THE ROSE 



to please the critical Rose-grower, but there are 

 so many in each cluster, and these clusters are so 

 numerous, that the general effect is most charm- 

 ing. Crimson Rambler is too well known to 

 need description. The variety that deserves a 

 place at the very head of the list, allowing me to 

 be judge, is Dorothy Perkins. This variety is 

 of slenderer growth than Crimson Rambler, 

 therefore of more vine-like habit, and, on this 

 account, better adapted to use about porches and 

 verandas, where it can be trained along the cor- 

 nice in a graceful fashion that the stiff -branched 

 Crimson Rambler will not admit of. Its foliage 

 is not so large as that of the other variety named, 

 but it is much more attractive, being finely cut, 

 and having a glossy surface that adds much to 

 the beauty of the plant. But the chief charm of 

 the plant is its soft pink flowers, dainty and 

 delicate in the extreme. These are produced in 

 long, loose sprays instead of crowded clusters, 

 thus making the effect of a plant in full bloom 

 vastly more graceful than that of any of the 

 others of the class. 



Roses have their enemies, and it would seem 

 as if there must be some sort of understanding 

 among them as to the date of attack, because 

 nearly all of them put in an appearance at about 



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