FLORAL DECORATIONS. 
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This list might be prolonged, especially for particular 
localities, but those mentioned are most serviceable gene¬ 
rally, and all of them are hardy, and when once planted 
may remain for years. To enumerate all the annual and 
tender plants that would be suitable for the embellishment 
of graves and cemetery lots, would be a formidable task 
and in reference to it, it is only necessary to say that, what 
is desired is to make the spot look bright and cheerful, and 
the love that prompts us to this sacred care will usually 
enable us to do what is most befitting. 
The hardy plants that can remain year after year are 
the ones which will be mainly depended upon and with a 
few flowering shrubs will, in most cases, be all that is 
planted. 
Of flowering shrubs, the most important for this purpose 
is the Rose. In severe climates it is very desirable to obtain 
a good, hardy, white Rose and to meet this requirement we 
will mention two that will always prove satisfactory in 
every respect; these are Madam Plantier and Madam 
Hardy. They are large, pure white, double fragrant and 
will stand in quite cold localities. 
In climates less severe, and with more attention, any ot 
the Hybrid Perpetuals will be valuable, and, as there are 
so many good varieties ot these and so many shades of 
