ROSES AND BEDDING PLANTS. 
Roses we place in two great divisions, Hardy and Tender. The Hardy are those that 
will endure the winters, say of Rochester, N. Y., or Boston, Mass., without protection, or with 
what we can easily furnish — a little straw 
or a few evergreen boughs. The Tender 
Roses are those that will not endure a 
Northern winter, while they do finely 
South, and are those so desirable for house 
plants. In each of these grand divisions 
there are several classes, and in each class 
a good many varieties. 
Hardy Roses. — The leading member 
of this class is the Hybrid Perpetual, con- 
taining hundreds of varieties, of different 
habits. The flowers are generally of strong 
colors, and appear abundantly in June, and 
a few flowers are usually seen through the 
summer and fall, especially if the plants 
are cut back after the June flowering. If 
the season should happen to be a little 
moist, some of them will bloom almost as 
well as the so-called monthlies. The 
Climbing Roses are but few in number, and 
sometimes occasionally during the season. 
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HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSE. 
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flower in June. The Moss Roses bloom in June, 
Tender Roses. — The Tender Roses are the 
Teas^ Bourbons, Chinas and Noisettes. Their 
flowers are delicate in color, voluptuous in ap- 
pearance, and deliciously fragrant. Of course 
these are hardy in the South and on the Pacific 
coast, and are far preferable to all others. As 
pot roses they are the only kinds worth growing. 
The Teas are the most fragrant. The flowers 
are usually large, and the colors soft and pleas- 
ing, mostly white, straw and flesh, and the 
combinations of these with pink or rose. They 
are the tenderest of all the ever blooming roses, 
and require a pit or cellar in winter. Bourbons 
and Chinas are among the hardiest of the Ten- 
der Roses, usually of dwarf habit or moderate 
growth. In colors they are from white to deep 
crimson, but embrace no yellows. The Noisettes 
are valuable as climbers or for pillars, and nearly 
all very fragrant, almost as much so as the 
Teas, from which they are mostly hybrids. They 
are quite tender, but where they will endure the 
winter they form the finest specimens of all the 
tribe of Roses. 
The most popular Bedding Plants of the present day are the Foliage Plants and Gera- 
niums. Among the former may be found many forms resembling the luxuriant growth of the 
tropics — Ricinus, Cannas and Caladiums. The numerous varieties of Coleus vary in color from 
a pea-green and golden yellow to bronze, and some almost black. These, with a border of 
Centaurea, or some other white leaved plants, form a pleasing sight. Where bright flowers 
are wanted there is nothing that will take the place of the scarlet Geraniums. Single roots or 
small clumps of Erianthus and Pampas Grass set in the lawn, make a very fine show. 
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