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PARSOI^'S OX THE ROSE. 



and thus irrigate tlio vrhole ground, ^yithout baking the 

 surface. 



BEDDIInG eoses. 



While Remontant, Moss, and Garden Roses are adapted 

 to the wants of much the larger number of growers, be- 

 cause they require no protection in winter, and are strong 

 and robust in their growth and habit, yet the everbloom- 

 ing varieties are becoming daily more popular. While 

 but few of the Remontants have more than two seasons 

 of distinct and abundant bloom, the Teas, Chinas, and 

 Noisettes, bloom constantly and continuously. In grace, 

 and color, and beauty, these last have more varied charms 

 than the more hardy and abundant Remontants, and the 

 difficulty of caring for them in the winter, even by those 

 who have no glass, is compensated by the additional pleas- 

 ure they give in the summer. Those who have glass can 

 enjoy them winter and summer alike. Their superiority 

 in constant blooming, especially, adapts them for planting 

 in masses or beds scattered about the lawn. These beds 

 can be each of one color, or they can be assorted, or can 

 be planted in the ribbon style, rows of white, or red, or 

 yellow alternating. ISTo bedding flowers, Verbenas, Sal- 

 vias, or any other plant, will give so constant pleasure as 

 Roses. They can be purchased, also, nearly as cheaply as 

 ordinary bedding plants, and are found in several places 

 as low as $15 per 100, or $100 per 1,000. On being taken 

 out of the pots they will grow rapidly, and bloom after 

 they are thoroughly established, and afterward, year after 

 year, they will commence blooming early, and continue . 

 until frost. A bed made in any part of the lawn, and in 

 any soil, will grow them w^ell, provided it has a dry bot- 

 tom, and has some well-decomposed manure dug in it. A 

 light, sandy soil will grow them in the greatest perfection. 

 They can be planted eighteen inches to two feet apart, 



