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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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THE GARDEN 
Protection for Climbing Roses. 
J. tV. G., Boston, Mass. —What protection should 
be given to climbing roses for the winter? The 
varieties are Baltimore Belle and Queen of the 
Prairies. They have made a growth of 12 feet this 
year, and I wish to preserve as much of it as pos¬ 
sible. They were boarded up hast winter, and, 
notwithstanding this, all last year’s growth was 
killed and had to be cut off in the spring. 
Ans. —These varieties are usually re¬ 
garded as our hardiest climbing garden 
roses, and should endure the winter 
with little or no protection. Perhaps 
they made too much soft growth last 
year, which was not properly ripened 
when winter set in. We should suggest 
laying the canes down on the ground 
and covering with two layers of sods, 
grass side down. In the early spring, 
remove a layer at a time, when the cold 
begins to moderate. 
Outdoor Chrysanthemums, 
W. II. G., Newark, N. J. —I want a bed of chrys¬ 
anthemums for outdoor blooming, sorts that will 
stand considerable cold. What varieties should 
I select ? 
Ans. —The hardiest garden chrysan¬ 
themums are to be found in the Chinese 
and Pompon sections, and, though they 
are smaller and, perhaps, less showy 
than the Japanese, they will not only 
stand our winters, with rare exceptions, 
but endure the cold of late autumn bet¬ 
ter than the latter. The plants should 
be left undisturbed, with a light mulch 
over the crowns. We would recommend 
the following Pompons : Golden Fleece, 
yellow ; Black Douglas, crimson ; Fair¬ 
est of the Fair, blush ; Gaillardia, brown 
and yellow ; Golden Circle, golden 
orange; La Fiancee, white; Orange 
Quill, striped orange ; Bob, crimson ; 
Snow Drop, white ; White Travenna, 
white. 
Among the Chinese, we would recom¬ 
mend Diana, white ; Empress of India, 
white ; Queen of England, white ; King 
of Crimsons, crimson ; Mrs. Geo. Bundle, 
white ; Beauty of St. John’s Wood, blush; 
Geo. Glenny, sulphur ; Lady Selbourne, 
white ; Princess, white, anemone ; Dr. 
Brock, golden yellow ; Beauty of Stoke, 
amber ; Baron Beust, tawny chestnut. 
In the Japanese section, we often see 
plants which have done well year after 
year, protected by thorough mulching ; 
yet there is always some uncertainty 
about their endurance. It is always 
necessary to select the early blooming 
sorts. We may suggest among yellows, 
Firenzi, Gloriosum, Rohallion, Mrs. J. 
Q. Whilldin, Marian Henderson. For 
white, Elaine, Harvest Queen, Soeur 
Melanie, Jessica, Ivory. In pink, prob¬ 
ably, Ivoire Rose and Miss Agnes L. 
Dalskov would be good ; both new varie¬ 
ties, sports from Ivory. Chrome red, 
Red Dragon. The big Japanese varie¬ 
ties that make such a feature at our 
shows are, in most cases, too aristocratic 
for outdoor culture. 
EXH IB / TION CHR YSAN THE MU MS. 
HE show reports each autumn give 
us a very good idea in their list of 
awards, of the prevailing standard in 
type and variety. It is interesting to 
note that Mayflower, which stood at the 
head of prize-winning whites last year, 
still holds that eminence. Mrs. Jerome 
Jones is another white which continues 
to hold a good place. In pink, Viviand- 
Morel has held supremacy for three or 
four years, though Maud Dean holds 
good rank among prize winners. In 
yellow, Eugene Dailledouze is always a 
standard bloom, ranking higher than 
the new introduction Modesto, though 
that variety receives high praise. Few 
varieties of red are seen, but Fisher’s 
Torch, of recent introduction, appears 
to be displacing Cullingfordii, the stand¬ 
ard red for many years. 
MOTHERS .— Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best — A&v. 
The anemone varieties, which include 
many oddities, always attract much ad¬ 
miration from the public, but they are 
not much grown. A recent prize collec¬ 
tion included Satisfaction, saffron yel¬ 
low; Enterprise, pale pink; Judge Hoitt, 
light pink, fine ; W. W. Astor, single 
row ray florets, center light yellow ; 
Garza, pure white, yellow center ; Con¬ 
dor, magenta. Another very showy 
anemone variety is Rider Haggard, light 
pink, with quilled center, and ray 
florets like a ribbon fringe. 
Very few Chinese varieties are seen 
at the shows, but some winners among 
them this year were, Mrs. Kingston, 
pink ; Charles Curtis, yellow ; Louise 
D. Black, saffron yellow; Gladys Spauld¬ 
ing, white. 
The hairy varieties, which created 
such a sensation on first introduction, 
have not held a very high popularity, 
but few plants being seen at the shows. 
Of these, Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, the orig¬ 
inal hairy variety introduced to cultiva¬ 
tion, is rarely seen, its growth being 
poor and spindling. It is displaced by 
L’Enfant des Deux Mondes, which may 
now be called the best hairy white. 
Louis Boehmer holds its place as a good 
hairy pink, in spite of a livid bluish 
tinge. Golden Hair is a favorite hairy 
yellow. 
Grafted plants, showing half a dozen 
different colors or types on a single 
stem, always interest the public, though 
this grafting is not at all a difficult 
matter. It is much practiced in Japan. 
Another effective style of exhibition 
plant is made by twisting together two 
or three standards (tree form) as they 
grow. One combination thus made was 
the two hairy sorts, L. Boehmer, pink, 
and L’Enfant des Deux Mondes, white ; 
another was Mrs. Gov. Fifer, white, 
Hicks Arnold, bronze yellow, and Geo. 
W. Childs, crimson lake. Odd varieties 
or combinations always prove an attrac¬ 
tive feature at a show. e. t. r. 
Clotiiii.de Soupert, during the past 
season, has again proved itself one of 
the best possible roses for bedding. It 
has a very neat habit, and the flowers 
are produced freely and continuously. 
We have a good report of the Pink Sou- 
pert, also. 
Golden Gate Rose. —Among worthy 
roses not very largely grown in the cut 
flower trade is the Golden Gate. The 
color is creamy flesh shading to salmon, 
a very pleasing and delicate shade, and 
the blooms last, when cut, better than 
any other rose we know. It is a free 
bloomer. 
The Meteor Rose, now the most pop¬ 
ular crimson variety grown for forcing, 
is an example of the uncertainty of all 
things floral. Some years ago, a Phila¬ 
delphia florist purchased the entire stock 
of The Puritan, a new white rose, from 
its English originator, paying a very 
large sum for it. When the English 
rosarian sent over The Puritan, he 
“threw in,” as a bonus, the stock of 
Meteor, saying frankly that, while an 
I Blood Pure ? ~1 
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Is it? Then take Ayer’s Sar- l 
>> saparilla and keep it so. Isn’t < 
it? Then take Ayer’s Sarsa- | 
>’ parilla and make it so. One (f 
>> fact is positively established a 
J’ and that is that Ayer’s Sarsa- (< 
parilla will purify the blood A 
|; more perfectly, more economi- | 
> cally and more speedily than << 
any other remedy in the mar- ^ 
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cures behind this statement; a 
>' record no other remedy can (< 
J' show. You waste time and 
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j Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, jj 
attractive flower, he did not expect it 
to possess any value as a trade variety. 
Every one took it at the raiser’s valua¬ 
tion until an enterprising florist discov¬ 
ered that all the poor Meteor needed 
was a higher temperature than ordinary 
Teas or Hybrid Teas. It is now so suc¬ 
cessfully grown that the GeneralJ acque- 
minot is very little used as a forcing 
rose. The magnificent Puritan, with 
which the Meteor traveled to this coun¬ 
try in the capacity of poor relation, has 
proved worthless as a forcing rose, and 
so subject to mildew that it is of little 
use outside ; it is almost entirely dropped 
from American cultivation. 
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