A "Philadelphia Lady" writes : " It has been written that gardeners name their flowers for what they would like to have them, rather than for what they are. We may some day look for a rose named 'amethyst,' not that it will have violet flowers, but as a desire of some enthusiast. So in like manner I have regarded the 'hardy ever-blooming roses,' the so-called hybrid perpet-uals, which have seldom flowered for me more than once. But this year I read in your ' Seasonable Hints' that if the flower buds are cut off as soon or before the petals fade, they would bloom again. Well, I did this last summer, and I cannot tell you how delighted I am with the results. I had almost as good a bloom through October as I had in the regular season, Jacqueminot being particularly full of flowers. Even old Baron Prevost, which I never had bloom a second time, had some flowers. I am now satisfied that your plan is just the one needed. Let every lady cut off the June blossoms, even before they fade, and she will have plenty of buds in autumn."