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VI. Flowering Plants and Vines-Roses.

AMONG the ornamental vines are adlumia (Alleghany vine); ampelopsis quinquefolia (Virginia creeper); bignonia radicans (trumpet-vine); celastrus scandens (climbing bitter-sweet); clematis flammula (European sweet, white); clematis vitalba (virgin's bower, white). And, among shrubby plants, the hardy roses, and all the flowering shrubs.

Moss Rose. Among the most beautiful of plants are roses, and none are more so than those that are not strictly hardy. An especially charming rose, charming even by comparison with its lovely sisters, is the moss rose. We illustrate, on page 507, one variety, the Crested Moss, at half the natural size. Its special merit is its long fringe of moss, giving the buds a most unique and beautiful effect. Tea Roses. The hybrid tea roses do well bedded out in summer, blooming profusely and having most exquisite odor. The cut, page 512, shows one of the finest, "La France," at half its natural size. In color a delicate silvery rose, changing to silvery pink; very large, full, of fine, globular form; a most constant bloomer; it is among the most useful of roses and unsurpassed in the delicacy of its coloring.