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lave for several wears cultivated q
few choice roses. Last spring | added
twenty TO the number, and nearly all OF
them / set out in three or four inch
pots. In June / plunged these into the
soil of my flower garden; two of my
older roses and three of my new ones,
however, were planted directly in the
soil. All these roses were of the ever
blooming sort. One of the three new
roses that were set in the ground, and
only one, grew more luxuriantly and
bloomed more abundantly than those in
the pots; it was that charming rose,
Ben Sileue. IL gave me six roses in
mid summer, aud then a new shoot
sprang up from the roots. grew very
rapidly aud put forth three buds, and
branch put forth two more; so in the
autumn had five roses, eleven ia all
on that tiny bush. After potting and
removing to the house in October.
let it rest few weeks and then cut of
nearly all OF its leaves-from tb. shoot
referred to | removed every one. Now,
Two weeks later there are vigorous
shoots more than an inch long, with
three buds already peeping forth, where
cut off the leaves.
Several years ago | was forced TO
strip my bushes of their leaves, not
knowing how otherwise to get rid OF
the Aphis, (though have since proved
the virtue of hellebore.) Soon after
thus despoiliug the plant it would repay
my harshmess by putting forth new
shoots at the leai-ioint. crowned with
buds. Some people will be so careful
of their barren rose plants that not q
leaf must be cut of, not branch
prumed: 30 they have naught but the
unsightly bush to care for. whereas. if
they would cut down the old they might
be rewarded by new growth. But a
good rich soil i quite as essential as
prnning-also moisture and sunshine.
have seen people who became disconr-
aged because their new rose plants
dropped their leaves. No matter how
green the stalk. MY rose bush Is dead
they exclaim. and by neglect they soon
kill il. II had done so several Of my
choice plants, that have Yielded lovely
roses two months after setting out would
have been failure. So long as there
i. life In the stalk there is hope that ii
will put forth and bud.
You have excellent luck with roses. -
is often said TO me. Yes rarely lost
one, and il is because l care TOR them
daily. Tea roses. in their first years
growth. cannot be long neglected and
thrive. What JOY they have been for
the past season, coming one after asoth
er with their varied tints and delicious
fragrance so rapidly that when the out
door June roses bloomed until the irosts
OF October came there We're few days
when | did not have this Queen o.
Flowers 10 grace my vase. Mad. Plan
tier gave me more thdu Two HuuOfcu
pure white and fragrant blooms in June
Devoniensis, creamy white with rosy
center. was in bloom from June till Jack
Frost nipped four of her buds; Aline
Sisley yielded her frst-born almost
equal in size to the parent bush,-color,
iare shade of violet-red, frightened
with crimsoned maroon; Aurora
blushed with rosy pink; Queen of the
Bourbons was brilliant with carmiae
edged with white; Bougere, deep rosy
bronze; Mad. Rivoy, rich crimson
scarlet; Lefty Coles, splendid, aud
others we will not stop TO name. 1 have
derived so much pleasure from my col.
lection of roses that do want every.
body to have them. The pot grown
plants can be obtained so cheap, and
come in such fresh state 10 our homes
it is strange that flower lovers do moi
cultivate them more largely.