THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. (May, 1910, 
Renowued fo: his Watches, Jewellery, and Repairs. 
4 doors from Pirie Street, 
ADELAIDE 
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A Long-Lived Marechal Niel 
Rose. 
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This fine Rose is, as a rule, short-lived, 
but one occasionally meets with an excep- 
tion. The first plant I ever saw of this 
with good blooms on it (writes a corres- 
pondent inan exchange) was upwards of 
forty years ago, and the plant still flowers 
well every season. This plant is grown 
by Mr, Adams, a jeweller in Sherborne, 
When quitea youth, and servin. ina large 
garden near, my chief took me over to see 
itin bloom. Ina conversation with its 
owner he told me it had bloom.d a‘un- 
dantly every year, and, one year, when 
it was at its very best, he sold £8 worth 
of blooms from it, and this was not an 
exceptional crop, It is planted outin a 
lean to-house. At first this house had no 
heat, Lut now fur sume years it has been 
slightly heated. Lt is worked on the Brier 
and where the union is made the se on is 
It is 
worthy to note how some amateurs succed 
three tines the size of .he stocis. 
when they have a love for garcening. 
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Divice and replant at oncs violats, 
primroses, perennial phlox, penstemons, 
agapanthus, and other herbaceous plants, 
These all delight iv rich soils, and should 
be well mulched with slort, decay.d 
manures. 
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