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of varieties. It is to this free-blooming type of Roses we owe the beauty 

 of our gardens, be they large or small, and the possessor of the latter, by 

 selecting suitable varieties, may enjoy the pleasure his Roses afford him 

 not only during June, which has been called " the month of Roses "(per- 



haps a misnomer this year), but from May to November or even December. 

 Indeed, I have more than once gathered most beautiful buds and blossoms 

 of Roses from the open ground on Christmas morning. It has been 

 said over and over again by some people that the reason they do not grow 

 Roses in their gardens is because the soil is unsuitable, or the district 



