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for Mr. J. K. With regard to the number of trebles exhibited, I 
think 100 singles, 48 trebles, and 24 trebles, would be more con¬ 
venient than 96 trebles. Where such a large number of trebles 
are to be accumulated, if the weather is adverse, you get possibly 
one good rose, one indifferent and one bad one (more or less over- 
gone), and that one really good rose by itself would to a critical 
eye be more charming than an indifferent trio. This, however, is 
a matter for nurserymen to consider; to skin their rose trees at 
the time they want buds must be inconvenient. The chief good 
of trebles is to keep the great fish from swallowing up the smaller 
ones, and to show that a particular rose can be grown good. A 
man may produce one splendid bloom from an undesirable variety, 
but if he can produce three good ones, it is a 'primct facie evidence 
that the sort is generally growable, and therefore such as the 
spectators may go home and buy. Nurserymen should be con¬ 
sulted on this point, as it affects their interests. This year I see 
by the judges’ book, there were only five entries for ninety-six 
trebles. Had the number of roses been ninety-six single varieties, 
other men might have contended who have not stock enough to 
cut ninety-six trebles. Moreover, the five distinguished men who 
did contend, would have brought ninety-six single roses much 
better than selections from these they carried, because no doubt 
they had many trees that would have turned out one good rose, 
but which would not, at so late a season as 10th of July, produce 
three. I fancy another reason for large quantities of trebles is 
effectiveness,” but if the trebles are not all good, where, then, is 
the “effectiveness?” I suppose trebles, with one good, one bad, 
and one indifferent one, act as “effective” foils to each other. 
They positively make my eyes ache. Notwithstanding the com¬ 
ments on the National this year, I must say that at such an incon¬ 
venient season as the lOth of July (between the stools), I felt 
proud of the nurserymen and amateurs, who managed to produce 
such large quantities of trebles, containing so many good roses. 
Thirdly. Preparing for the Show. 
When you have made up your mind in what class you mean to 
contend, you must get your note book, and write down the names 
of such trees as are likely to be ready. If you want trebles (a 
difficult thing to get in great numbers), and see that your buds do 
not synchronize, you must disbud in order to get the lagging bud 
up to the foremost ones. These roses you must especially attend 
to ; you must see that they arc sufficiently watered in dry weather, 
and you must stir the ground to let in sun if the weather is cold. 
If the show day is so fixed that it suits a large rosery of well- 
selected and accumulated sorts (not varieties), of course you will 
have little of this to do. At the fall of the year, when the true 
Rosarian proves himself to be distinct from the hybrid Rosarian, 
you must open your eyes five or six weeks before the day, using 
your pruning knife judiciously, and pursuing the same plan as 
before stated. As the days get shorter, and the mornings and 
evenings colder, you will find it no easy matter, at times, to get 
