A CHAPTER OH ROSES. 
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years covered the side of a house, and is now one mass of 
bud, blossom, and perfect leaf spray. If possible, a south¬ 
western exposure should be given it.” 
Among climbing roses, the old-fashioned Lamarque will 
supply lovely, pure-white buds, sometimes shading to a pale 
yellow. This is a good bloomer, and very desirable in a 
small collection. 
Gem of the Prairie, as distinguished from the Prairie 
Queen, has a delicious fragrance, and the color of the 
petals is a shade between rose and crimson. It is very 
strong and grows rapidly, being deservedly popular as a 
climbing rose. 
Not much can be said for the Queen of the Prairie, al¬ 
though it is to be seen everywhere, except that the buds are 
lovely in color and very compact. The blossom has no fra¬ 
grance, and as soon as it reaches its prime it fades to an 
ugly purple tint that makes the plant anything but an 
ornamental object. The rose is strangely globular in 
shape. 
The Baltimore Belle has the tiniest and most delicate 
of buds, and the half-blown rose has a certain dainty, 
languishing sort of beauty, with its pale tint and almost 
imperceptible fragrance. But it seems insignificant beside 
the richer-looking beauties, and its bloom is confined al¬ 
most entirely to the month of June. 
The Cottage Rose is of a rich crimson hue, and the 
buds are very pretty; but the full-blown flower is quite 
single and faded in color, and has no fragrance. It, too, 
blooms only in June. 
Champney is both double and fragrant; the blossoms 
shade from deep to pale rose, and it is one of the most 
desirable varieties. 
Pillar roses are very ornamental, and may be trained in 
various ways. One of the easiest is to place upright posts 
or stakes about a foot apart—four of them forming a square, 
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