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Show CLIMBING ROSES. It may interest some ladiea to know that the rage for climbing rosea in the east has culminated in a erase. And new and wonderful Varieties have been produced nntil there ia sharp rivalry among the florists. One claims a variety. One claima a roae that flowers gorgeously every month for five o' six months in the year. . The crimson rambler is no longer a favorite, it ia so prone to disesse. The three groups thst seem most in fsvor are (1) The multiilora, flowering early in June; (2), the prairie roses, with gray, green foliage, heavy flowers and (3) the memorial group. Indeed the memorial rose seems to be the mother rose of all. The account says the climbers are not climbers, but must be trained (like a taste for tomatoes). And in snother wsy climbing roses are like men; they muat have plenty of fresh water and air and a little lit-tle attention to bring them out i perfect forms. The Oregnnian boasts of the birth of two pairs of twina at Coberg, Lane county, within' the past few weeka, and aix pairs more in attendance in the publie schools and saya that on the strength of that Colonel Roosevelt is to be invited to Coberg,. "and say a few encouraging and congratulatory words to the parents." He might appropriately congratulate those parents, but why tbey should need encouragement encourage-ment it is difficult to see. What kind of record iocs the Oregonian want rural Orccon to make t . |