Ornamental ‘Department 
L et us lay aside cares and worries, and consider that which goes to make life 
pleasant and beautiful. Tlie home, above all palaces, should be attractive : 
an abiding palace from which we are loath to depart, a restful haven to 
which we hasten to return. Its surroundings should signify ease and comfort and 
p)!easurable ownerships to its possessor, and convey a sense of welcome and cheerful 
hospitality to its psossessor’s friends. What more conducive to this much-desired 
result of making a home homelike,” than to surround it with ornamental trees 
and plants and vines and shrubs and greenery I 
\\’hat more delightful spsot during the hot summer months than a grove of 
large spreading shade trees under which hammocks can be stretched and rustic 
seats p^laced! And what more suitable place for children’s p)lay-ground than under 
these same shade trees! 
A vine-covered p)orch not only affords a cool, shady nook where one can read 
or rest in comfort, screened from inquisitive eyes, but greatly protects the house 
from the hot summer’s sun while allowing cooling breezes to p^ass freely to and fro. 
The value of hedges as an ornamental feature should not be overlooked. 
Tor this p)urpose, Amoor River Privet is one of the most satisfactory plants grown. 
It is a very rap^id grower and can be grown in any form desired by judicious trim¬ 
ming. We cannot too highly recommend it. 
And roses ; why, it doesn’t seem as if any home could be complete without a 
rose-garden, or at least a few plants. Whether massed together in beds of solid 
color, or scattered over the grounds where they can vie with each other in individ¬ 
uality of form and coloring, or trained on arbors and trellises where colors may 
freely intermingle, or manipulated as a hedge to define walks or borders, or 
allowed to run riot over stump^s, rocks or fences,—there are few p:)lants that are so 
effective or that are so readily adapted by nature to produce so many different, and 
always pleasing, effects. 
Aside from the value of roses for outdoor embellishment, nothing is more 
satisfactory as cut-flowers, for indoor decorations. Plow much more cheerful a 
house seems for having, here and there, on tables, mantles, bureaus, vases of 
beautiful rose-buds ! Plow easy to decorate the parlor or garnish the dining table 
for an evening entertainment if one has plenty of roses! And what more beautiful 
finish to a lady’s evening toilet than roses at the corsage or in the hair! 
It goes without saving that no one rose is adapted to all the different p^urp^oses 
above named. It is not necessary that it should be. There are many different 
classes of roses, and amongst the one hundred and twenty-si.x varieties we list can 
be found those adap)ted to any p:)urpose wanted. These varieties ha\ e been selected 
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