see any opportunity of doing good, either by 
word or deed, it is plainly our duty to do it. We 
must not think that perhaps somebody else 
would do it better, or that it is not really our 
business. We may rest assured that no good 
deed or generous impulse is ever lost, though 
we may not see its immediate fruition. If it 
does not appear to have tire effect we intended 
the feeling that prompted it will “strike in,” 
to use a homely phrase; we shall feel its grace 
in our own personality. Organized charity is 
a great power; but it merely represents in the 
concrete the deed aud impulses we may all per¬ 
sonally' represent. “How far yon tiny candle 
throws its rays; so shines a good deed in this 
naughty world.” So, believing that there is 
no time like the present, and no duties like 
those lying near us. “While we have time let 
us do good unto all men.” 
ROSE NOMENCLATURE. 
FROM AN AMATEUR STANDPOINT. 
This is a subject that will no doubt interest 
your y oung lady readers, aud it is not to be 
wondered at. 1 suppose that they take such a 
deep interest in these flowers, as roses, like 
girls, are somewhat capricious in their nature, 
but as some one has said; “a thing of beauty' is 
a joy forever,” aud with all their peculiarities 
we love them still. I trust the latter qualifi¬ 
cations will atone in a measure for the former 
aud keep me out of any difficulty with your 
fair friends. 
They are certainly an interesting study (I 
r -fer to the roses, of course) as well as delight¬ 
ful ornaments, either on the lawn or in the 
parlor. It is an unceasing source of enjoy¬ 
ment to me to watch these beautiful flowers 
as they grow and blossom, to note their vari¬ 
ous habits and characteristics, or to admire 
their delicate tints and delightful fragrance. 
But when I come to classify thorn I am met 
with “confusion worse confounded.” Turning 
to the catalogues of the florists, one man says 
a certain rose is a Tea, another a Hybrid Tea, 
another a Hybrid Perpetual, and another, 
perhaps, a Hy-brid Noisette, till I am at a 
complete loss to know what it is. Of one 
thing, however, 1 am pretty r well convinced, 
and that is that it is a Hybrid of some kind. 
This leads me to look up the botanical classifi¬ 
cation and history of the rose, which, although 
very interesting, fails to throw much light on 
the particular plant in question. The fact is, 
I suppose, as I find stated in the article on the 
rose in Appleton’s Cyclopaedia, “The roses of 
our gardens and greenhouses are for the most 
part varieties obtained by' selection and by 
hybridizing and crossing (and l might add re¬ 
crossing), aud this has been continued so long 
that often all traces of their original parent¬ 
age are concealed.” 
Under this state of affairs the best that we 
can hope for is a garden classification, but let 
us have one that will give the purchaser some 
idea of the nature and habit of the plant he is 
asked to buy. 
All florists admit that the term “Hybrid 
Perpetual,” uuder which, perhaps, the most 
interesting of our roses are classed, is a com¬ 
plete misnomer. These roses are not perpet¬ 
ual bloomers, as the term implies, but bloom 
at intervals or stated periods, usually- iu the 
Spring aud Fall, although they are frequently 
treated iu ways best known to the florists, so 
as to bloom in the Winter and other periods 
of the year. The French term “ Remontant ” 
(meaning literally “to grow again”) is more 
significant aud certainly a much better term 
than “Hybrid Perpetual.” 
The Ever-blooming or Monthly Roses are 
not strictly ever-blooming, but bloom at ran¬ 
dom, or apparently w’ithout any definite 
periods. This term, however, is uot as objec¬ 
tionable as that used to designate the preced¬ 
ing class, and conveys a tolerably accurate 
idea as to the blooming habit of the varieties 
it comprises, but I should consider “random- 
blooming" a bettor term. 
The term “Bourbon” designates a class of 
roses which originated on the Island of Bour¬ 
bon [here we have a geographical name], aud 
was undoubtedly the result of a cross between 
the Damask aud Bengal roses. It is usually 
classed as an Ever-blooming Rose. It does 
not, however, possess the same habit of bloom 
as the Beugal and Tea Roses, but blooms peri¬ 
odically, the periods being more frequent than 
with the Remontant Roses. 
The Noisette Roses are a class supposed to 
have originated from a cross between the 
White Musk and the China or Beugal Roses, 
and created some excitement when first intro¬ 
duced. They are certainly a remarkable and 
beautiful class of roses, but there appears to 
exist some confusion in those with the Climb¬ 
ers aud Teas, and they are usually placed in 
the catalogues as a distinct class. Most of the 
Noisettes I believe are climbers, but some are 
not, or at least are not so distinctly character¬ 
ized. They were named in honor of the man 
who originated the variety; but historical aud 
geographical names are not wanted in our 
catalogues; we want something indicating the 
nature of the plant. 
The Hy-brid Teas are roses of recent intro¬ 
duction, the result of crosses between the Re- 
montants and Teas, and are undoubtedly 
destined to supplant some of the older varie¬ 
ties in popularity, as they combine in varying 
degrees, according as they favor the Damask 
or the Tea, the robust habit and brilliant color¬ 
ing of the Remontants, with the exquisite per¬ 
fume, delicate tints, and more constant bloom¬ 
ing habit of the Teas. The Ija France aud 
Bennett arc types of this class. By the way-, I 
would like to ask as a matter of curiosity, how 
the yellow shades in our Tea Roses are deriv¬ 
ed. Are they natural to the species Canina?, 
or do they originate from crosses of this species 
with some other, the Sulphurea, for instance, 
which is distinctly characterized by its deep 
yellow flowers? 
The Hybrid Noisette is another class of re¬ 
cent introduction. The Ball of Snow, Co¬ 
quette des Alpes, and Coquette des Blanches 
belong to this class. The white musk trigiu 
is apparent in the pale tints of the flowers. 
The last two classes are iu some confusion aud 
are indiscriminately classed by florists as Hy¬ 
brid Teas or Hybrid Perpetuate. 
But it is easier to find fault, I suppose, than 
to apply- the remedy. It does seem to me, 
however, that some effort should be made to 
extricate the most beautiful and charming 
flower that nature has given us from the con¬ 
fusion into which it has so sadly fallen. 
It has occurred to me that roses might be 
divided according to the character of their 
bloom into annual, semi-annual, quarterly, 
and monthly bloomers; but I fear the flowers 
would not, appear at the appointed intervals, 
as regularly as the sheets of the Rural, and 
it might lead to weekly, daily, minutely and 
secondly roses. This is cutting the year up 
too precisely for the capricious nature of the 
plant. 
After revolving the matter in my- mind for 
some time 1 have finally, for my own conven¬ 
ience, adopted the following classifications: 
First, I divide all roses under two heads— 
shrubs aud vines or climbers—as all the vari- 
ties can be readily assigned to one or the 
other of these divisions, which indicate the 
habit of the plant. These divisions I sub¬ 
divide into three classes each, significant of 
the bloom: 1. Annual bloomiug roses, or those 
which bloom but once a year: 2. Periodical 
blooming roses, or those which bloom at cer¬ 
tain periods, more or less delined as the case 
may be, such as the Remontant and Bourbon 
Roses; aud,3. Random or Ever-blooming Roses, 
or those which bloom apparently at will, such 
as the Beugal aud Tea Roses. [I prefer to re¬ 
tain the title “Ever-blooming”, as it is a term 
in common use and pretty generally under¬ 
stood.] This gives me six distinct classes. 
First; annual blooming shrubs, which may 
be designated by the general title of “Shrub 
Roses,” including the Damask, Provence, 
Moss, French, White, Hybrid Chinese, Hy¬ 
brid Bourbon aud Hybrid Provence, or most 
of those now classed as “ Darden Roses.” 
Second; periodical blooming shrul>9, includ¬ 
ing the Remontant and Bourbon Roses. If 
the term “Hybrid Perpetual” must be re¬ 
tained; let it be a.title for this class. 
Third; ever-blooming shrubs, including the 
Bengal, Tea, some of the Noisettes, aud per¬ 
haps also the Macartney and Mieropbylla 
Roses, which may be designated uuder the 
general title of Ever-blooming Roses. 
Fourth; annual blooming climbers, includ¬ 
ing the (Sweet Brier and Hardy Climbing 
Roses. 
Fifth and sixth respectively; periodical aud 
ever-blooming climbers, including the Musk 
and certain of the Noisettes. 1 am not suffi¬ 
ciently familiar with the latter varieties to 
say- just which class they- should be placed in, 
nor can I say from my present limited knowl¬ 
edge under what classes the Hy-brid Teas and 
Hybrid Noisettes should come, but 1 imagine 
it would lead to a division of these now- popu¬ 
lar rosea. 
I offer these remarks as a suggestion to our 
Horticultural Societies, with a faint hope that 
they may lead to a better classification of the 
Rose than we have at preseut. 1 think it 
would be interesting if the Rural could some 
time give us a special on the Rose. 
WM. I1EWETT. 
[Rosa Canina is never yellow. The yellow 
tint in many Tea Roses is derived from the 
original Yellow Tea, introduced from China 
in the early part of the century (Rosa lndiea 
Odorata), Many amateur rosarians among 
the fair sex will doubtless echo our correspond¬ 
ent’s plaint; however, some study of Kllwan- 
ger’s excellent text-book, “The Rose,” w-ill 
show the raison cT ttre of our present classifi¬ 
cation!. 
GOLDEN GRAINS. 
Culture is something large aud generous, 
which takes a man out of his nari aw specialty 
and floats him into the deep current of human 
life. . 
Foster says an observant man in all his 
intercoiu'se with society- and the world carries 
a pencil constantly- in his hand, and, unper¬ 
ceived, marks on every person and thing the 
figure expressive of its value, and, therefore, 
instantly meeting that person or thing again, 
knows what kind aud degree of attention to 
give it. This is to make something of experi¬ 
ence. 
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey- 
towards it, casts the shadow of burden behind 
us.. .. .... 
The memory is perpetually looking back 
when we have nothing present to entertain us; 
it is like those repositories in animals that are 
filled with stores of food, on which they may 
ruminate when their present pasture fails. 
The way to gain a good reputation is to en¬ 
deavor to be what y'ou desire to appear. 
Evils in the Journey’ of life are like the 
hills which alarm travelers upon their road; 
they both appear great at a distance, but 
when we approach them we find that they are 
far less insurmountable than we had conceiv¬ 
ed chem.. .... 
He that does good to another man does also 
good to himself: not only- iu the consequence, 
but in the very act of doing it; for the con¬ 
sciousness of well doing is an ample reward... 
The chains of habit are generally too small 
to be felt till they- are too strong to be broken. 
The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the 
next are the bodily advantages of strength 
and health, but the superlative blessings, in 
tine, are those of the mind. 
It is said a wise man should have money in 
head and pocket, but uot in his heart. 
The hillsof lofty endeavorand high achieve¬ 
ment lie all around us, and if we never catch 
a glimpse of the views they afford we need 
not complain that it is because of the insuper¬ 
able limitations of our surroundings. 
New ton says there is inestimable blessing 
in a cheerful spirit. When the soul throws 
its w-iudows wide open, letting in the sunshine, 
and presenting to all who see it the evidence 
of its gladness, it Is uot only happy, but it has 
au unspeakable power of doing good. To all 
the other beatitudes may be added, ‘ ‘Blessed 
are the joy-makers.” ... .. 
Our lives are like some complicated machine, 
working on one side of a wall aud delivering 
the finished fabric on the other. We cannot 
cross the barrier and see the end. The w-ork 
is in our hands—the completion is not_ 
Domestic 0COHOI1U} 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. AQNES E. M. CARMAN. 
The truest homes arc o ften in houses not 
esjjecially well kept, where the comfort and 
happiness of the inmates , rather than the 
preservation of the furniture, are first con¬ 
sulted. 
The above cut show-s a very handy flour 
chest that my mother has. It is 36 inches 
high, 18 wide and 42 long. It w-ill hold one 
barrel of flour, one peck of meal aud one of 
buckwheat flour. The solid bottom is six 
inches from the floor. A partition runs from 
bottom to top, 14 inches from right end. The 
smaller space has a solid cross partition just 
above the drawers. The larger drawer, 14. 
inches wide, 16 long by 8 deep is for bread. 
The smaller one, 14 inches wide, 16 long by 
4 deep, is divided off into six different com¬ 
partments. 
There are two covers which are held to¬ 
gether by small brass hinges. Strong wooden 
supports, one inch by two (ends are three 
inches thick), and length the same ns width of 
chest, nm into groves on inside of either end 
to hold covers when open. The covers are at¬ 
tached to chest by two rods of iron 12 inches 
in length, with screw holes in ends. One end 
of each rod is fastened to the front corners of 
bread board, which is the lower cover, while 
the other ends are fastened to outside of chest 
in the middle of sides os far down os they w-ill 
reach when the covers are in place. To open 
chest (Fig. 336 , pull out the supports—these 
Fig. 336. 
should have rings in them for the purpose. 
Open the first cover and you have a table; the 
inuer cover turned over opens the chest, with 
bread-board up. If y-ou w-ish a more solid 
place for kneading bread, the iron rods per¬ 
mit the covers to be turned upside down over 
the chest, with bread-board up. 
Fig. 337. 
Put two small brackets about six inches 
down on inside for boxes of baking powder, 
soda, etc. mrs. r. w-. w'illiams. 
HOUSE-KEEPING IN CALIFORNIA.— 
XIII. 
MART-WAOER FISHER. 
On Sundays our church going was chiefly 
confined to the First Congregational Church. 
The laddie liked the Sunday school, and never 
missed either the school or church service. 
The church edifice was very large and beauti¬ 
ful, and had a inemliership of nearly 1,000 and 
600 children in the Sunday school. There was 
an orchestra of 12 pieces or so, played by Sun¬ 
day-school boys, besides the piano and organ. 
1 was always interested in the floral decora¬ 
tions of the altar, which excelled anything I 
have elsewhere seen—even iu Plymouth 
Church, in Brooklyn. Half a hundred Calla 
lilies, massed iu their green leaves, banks of 
roses, pyramids of violets, or of French mari¬ 
golds were no uncommon display at one time, 
aud sometimes only ferns would be used. 
About 46 Chinese were members of this 
church, and the pastor said that, takiug them 
all in all, their Christian lives were as credit¬ 
able ostbosoof white men of their intelligence. 
When a Chinaman embraces Christianity on 
the Pacific Coast, it entails upon him a heavy 
sacrifice. If he is a luundryman he has to 
close his wash-house on Sundays, and it touches 
his pocket very- deeply. He is also persecuted 
by his own countrymen, sometimes beaten and 
imprisoned by them. There is no doubt what¬ 
ever of the sincere conversion of many of these 
people, w-ho, in their gentleness of manner, are 
far more Christ-like thau the “Christian 
white men,” w-ho have treated them so bru¬ 
tally. I was toil of one Chinaman who learned 
the English alphabet at Sunday school in Oak¬ 
land in one hour, so that he could give the 
name of any letter in any way it might be 
presented to him—a prodigious feat , truly. 
Sunday in California has very few Puritan 
aspects. True, there are a few people of reli¬ 
gious habits, or of aristocratic tendencies, who 
do not drive on Sunday- for pleasure—it is not 
respectable so to do! The theatres are open 
on Sunday- night, as on Monday night—how 
far they are patronized by Americans l do 
not know; but there is u large French, Ger¬ 
man and Italian population which regards 
Sunday as a holiday, as it is observed in Eu¬ 
rope. Boys fly kites in the streets, meu have 
their games of base ball or cricket, venders 
