. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. Rose culture throughhis almost perfect establishment. I couldtliink of the large houses filled with .Vmeri-can Beauty, Papa Gontier, Wooton, Watte-ville. La irance, Bride, and many others,all showing forth perfection, as nothing lessthan glass Rose .palaces. Something (J0 worth of newtesting kinds are hereunder cultivation, a-bout 99 per cent, otwhich it is believedwill be thrown awayas not coming up tothe necessary require-ments, and it is inorder to be in the fieldpromptly
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. Rose culture throughhis almost perfect establishment. I couldtliink of the large houses filled with .Vmeri-can Beauty, Papa Gontier, Wooton, Watte-ville. La irance, Bride, and many others,all showing forth perfection, as nothing lessthan glass Rose .palaces. Something (J0 worth of newtesting kinds are hereunder cultivation, a-bout 99 per cent, otwhich it is believedwill be thrown awayas not coming up tothe necessary require-ments, and it is inorder to be in the fieldpromptly with theo u e-i n -a - h u n d r e dmeritorious varietythat leads to such en-terprising tests. As the establish-ment isnow run, from•5,000 to 30,000 Rosebuds are cut large supply isby no means demand-ed by the WashingtonCity trade, but a goodpercentage of thedaily cut is shippedall over the visit to such anestablishment is in-teresting and instruc-tive, not only in re-gard to Rose culture,but also as showing that integrity com-bined with skill is the price of success. 4^^itt -Jji. PLAN OF CARPET BED. pane used in the last instance was 10 by In a further extension ot rangecontemplated, only the large size will beused, as the owner is satisfied the advan-tages more than justify the increased cost. The heating of these greenhouses is donewith Exeter and Furman No. 8 furnaces,which latter, embodying as they do, all therecent improvements, are giving superiorsatisfaction. Mr. Strauss can relate many difficultieshe has had to overcome in establishing hispresent extensive business, but being a An Easily-Arranged Carpet Bed. The plan here presented has been carriedout with fine effect. It is capable of wideadaptability, both as regards size and useof plants. One simple and pleasing ar-rangement might be as follows: 1, DanbertColeus; 3, Golden Coleus; 3, 4, 5, 6, ColeusVerschaffelti (crimson); 7. AlternantheraAmcena (carmine); 8, Cerastiuni tomentos-um
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