I have prepared with great care a bed for 60 tea roses to be planted out next spring, and am anxious to get the best dozen varieties for out-of-door culture. So far I am inclined to make the list as follows - but would be very thankful if anyone will improve it or point out any weakness in it. I want to include Perle and Mermet, but they are not satisfactory with me, and so they are discarded - in this dozen I want only those upon which I can depend for good results in my location.

Marie Van Houtte, Safrano, Papa Gontier, Som-brieul, Mad. Hoste, Coquette de Lyon, Pumila, Malmaison, Sunset, Viscount esse Folkestone, Princess Sa-gan, Marie Guillot or Isabella Sprunt. - R. A. M.

Answer By B. M. Watson, Jr., Bussey Institution

The list of roses seems a very proper one for trial in out-door bedding, by no means an easy undertaking; so many circumstances of soil and situation are to be considered that any list must be largely experimental. I should advise as additions, or substitutions if they make the list too cumbersome, Bon Silene, Devonien-sis, Climbing Devoniensis, Glorie de Dijon, Mad. Fal-cot and Souvenir d'un Ami for teas proper, all strong growers and likely to be more hardy than one or two on the list. The best roses, however, for this purpose are, in my opinion, to be found among the so-called daily roses. I would advise as the best of these, Her-mosa, Queen of Bedders, and Souvenir de la Malmaison, Bourbons; Agrippina, Cels, Louis Philippe, Mad. Bosanquet, Nemesis, Cramoisi Superieure, Eugene Beanharnais, Bengals; and the Noisette Fellemberg. These are old roses, and to be sure there is not the variety in color which is to be found among the teas, but they are more hardy and good growers, besides being great and constant bloomers ; they are not roses fit for the market, except Souvenir de la Malmaison, but for house decoration they are charming.

If they pass through the winter in good condition you obtain a fair bloom in the spring, but the great flowering comes in autumn, continuing until severe frost; we are gathering them now here, and a large bush of which I know has given continuous bloom since August 1st.

Agave Americana.