. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Frau Karl Druschki, with the more or less pronounced characteristic of growth of putting out two or more branches in a cluster, must be pruned to where there seems to be only one out-pointing eye, and then rub off, as soon as they appear, all growth of branches save one at each point. A few others that shoot out too many branches, but not in clusters like Captain Christy, need pruning back until not so many eyes are left on the cane, and then all in-pointing eyes, as well as about one-half of the other eyes, rubbed ofif just about as soon as they appear. Then suc
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Frau Karl Druschki, with the more or less pronounced characteristic of growth of putting out two or more branches in a cluster, must be pruned to where there seems to be only one out-pointing eye, and then rub off, as soon as they appear, all growth of branches save one at each point. A few others that shoot out too many branches, but not in clusters like Captain Christy, need pruning back until not so many eyes are left on the cane, and then all in-pointing eyes, as well as about one-half of the other eyes, rubbed ofif just about as soon as they appear. Then such growers as Mrs. David McKee, Miss Kate Moulton, Etoile de France, Elizabeth Barnes, Joseph Hill, Franz Deegan, etc., should be pruned so that the growth of bush will be sym- metrical, only observing the rule of keep- ing the center of the bush from being crowded. Three commonly grown roses I never grow, i. e., General Jacqueminot, Maman Cochet and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. A dozen splendid crimson roses that do not get the "blues" when they get a little off are far superior to the scarlet General. Maman Cochet is an ungainly bush and a drooping bloom that is out of proportion to the branch, and in no way is equal to Mrs. Edward Mawley. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria is a good rose, but is excelled by Mrs. David McKee and the newer rose of that class, Molly Sherman-Crawford. Then the newest rose of this class, Mrs. Foley Hobbs, is a fine rose, and far superior to either of the three mentioned, I am sure it will prove to be the leading, rose of the above class, of which the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria was the first ane on the market. I have not been able to get this new rose, i\Irs. Folej' Hobbs, but it made a fine showing at the recent London Rose Show. I have been anxious to have Rhea Reid measure up to the expectations of its grower, that gentlemanly rosarian, Mr. E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Indiana. But it will not do it. ^Ir. Reid has given to the world three crimson hybr
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