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VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE. 
ROSES. 
No garden, however small, is complete without Roses. 
The Rose stands, as it has stood for years', Queen 
of the Flowers. With a proper selection of kinds, we 
can have our Roses from June till heavy frosts come 
with withering touch. First of all we give the ever- 
blooming class, comprising Teas, Noisettes, Chinas and 
Bourbons. Even so far North as this'they give us better 
satisfaction than any other class of Roses,— first, on 
account of their free blooming qualities ; then their ex¬ 
quisite fragrance and delicate colors. Some are almost 
hardy here, and do well if slightly protected with leaves 
or straw, while a little further south they stand the win¬ 
ters with no protection whatever. If the plants are 
taken up in the fall and trimmed back, and put in earth 
in a box, in a cool cellar, with just water enough to keep 
them from shriveling, they will come out fresh in the 
spring, and start into bloom in a very short time. As 
pot plants in winter, those should be selected that are 
adapted to the purpose. These should be kept in pots 
through the summer, in a partly shaded situation, care 
being taken that they do not root through the bottom of 
the pot. Keep the buds picked off through the summer. 
All Roses delight in a rich, generous soil. 
MONTHLY R0SE3.— 3° cents, except where noted. 
c. China; n. Noisette; b. Bourbon; t. Tea. 
r. Agrippina, bright crimson ; winter bloomer. 
t. Alba rosea, blush, rosy center; winter bloomer. 
t. Aurora, silvery rose. 
b. Alfred Aubert, bright red, fine shape. 
t. Bella, white; winter bloomer. 
b. Blanche Laffitte, white tinged with pink. 
/. Bon Silene, carmine, tinted with salmon; winter 
bloomer. 
/. Caroline, rosy flesh. 
/. Cheshunt hybrid, cherry carmine. 
t. Clara Sylvain, pure white, cream center. 
t. Comtesse Riza du Parc, new; bright coppery 
r >sc,tinged and shaded with soft violet crimson, large 
flower. 
t. Cornelia Cook, pure white, extra; a good winter 
bloomer. 40 cents each. 
t. Douglas, rich crimson, distinct; winter bloomer. 
t. Duchesse de Brabant, light carmine, tinged with 
violet ; winter bloomer. 
b. Eugene Beauharnais, amaranth. 
t. Gloire de Dijon, cream shaded with flesh. 
b. Hermosa, pink ; winter bloomer. 
t. Isabella Sprunt, canary yellow ; winter bloomer. 
c. Imperatrice Eugenie, rose, shaded with salmon. 
/.Jean d’ Arc, fine citron yellow. 
b. La Choise, pink ; quite hardy. 
71. Lamarque, white, shading to lemon; winter 
bloomer. 
/. Madame Camille, delicate rosy flesh, changing to 
salmon. 
/. Mad. de Vatry, rich crimson scarlet, very bright- 
b. Madame Lambard, new ; silver bronze, chang¬ 
ing to salmon and fawn, shaded with carmine and 
rose. 50 cents each. 
fi. Marechal Niel, yellow, tea-scented ; winter 
bloomer. 
/. Marie Guillot, white, with lemon tinge. 
/. Niphetos, pure white ; very large ; extra. 50 els. 
b. Peerless, crimson ; quite hardy. 
b. Phcenix, rosy-purple ; quite hardy. 
b. Pierre de St. Cyr, rosy-carmine; nearly hardy. 
/. Royal Tea, creamy white, tinged with yellow. 
/. Saffrano, saffron-yellow winter bloomer. 
c. Sanguinea, deep crimson; winter bloomer. 
71. Setina, or climbing Hermosa, dark pink. 
71. Washington, white cluster ; quite hardy. 
/. White Tea, flowers pure white. 
RIVINIA. 
Rivinia humilis, a beautiful little pot plant, with ra 
cemes of small white flowers, followed by scarlet ber¬ 
ries ; in bloom and fruit almost the entire year. 25 
cents. 
SALVIA, (Scarlet Sage.) 
No plant grown gives us such a brilliant display of 
flowers in the autumn as the Salvia. Also much used 
for pot culture in the house. 25 cents each. 
Salvia Hoveyii, large flower, purple, 
officinalis tricolor, a variegated variety of our com¬ 
mon Sage. 
patens, this is the most exquisite blue of any flower 
we have ; flowers large ; 2 inches in length, 
rosea, small flower, bright pink, 
splendens, the old scarlet variety, 
splendens alba, creamy white. 
SEMPERVIVUM. 
Sempervivum Haworthii, a curious housc-lcek, send¬ 
ing down roots from the stem. 25 cents. 
STEVIA. 
White, winter blooming plants, of great value ; small 
flowers, but in clusters ; very useful for cutting. 25 cts. 
Stevia compacta, flowering from November to January, 
serrata, flowering during January and February. 
