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J-j OR its particular purpose there is no more spectacular form of 
QJ the Rose than the Weeping Standard Tree Rose. This is a sort 
of glorified form of the ordinary Standard or Tree Rose. It requires 
years to create,—years of careful training and development. First, a 
suitably thick, strong stem or trunk must be grown with unusually vig¬ 
orous root system. This is later budded, usually at about five feet from 
the ground but sometimes as high as nine feet, with a variety of climb¬ 
ing Roses whose habits of growth adapt themselves to the necessary 
training of a well-developed head, with attractive foliage and bloom. 
During the succeeding years this head is, by constant care and pruning, 
so trained as to take an umbrella-like form that covers a specially de¬ 
signed heavy wire trainer. By a careful selection of varieties used in 
budding the most delightful effects are attained,—a cascade of snowy- 
white blossoms, each with its rich gold center, against deep-green, glossy 
foliage; huge, single, yellow flowers, with rich golden stamens and de¬ 
licious fragrance, set off by the most brilliantly lustrous foliage imagin¬ 
able; long, sweeping stems that touch the ground, covered with holly¬ 
like foliage, bearing semi-double flowers of orange and apricot; the 
