Show A medical man has found out that dis mal weather has a bad effect upon the reasoning powers as well as upon the spirits He says his deductions made on cloudy days often prove to be faulty Hardy Climbing Rosen In the prairie roy we have a class or hardy native climbing roses often found growing wild in Michigan and the western west-ern states which we may plant with confidence Two of the more commonly known roses of this class which are fa vorites everywhere on account of their hardiness free blooming aud the fact of their flowers appearing just after fa other varieties are nearly over are Queen of the Prairie and Baltimore Belle varieties vari-eties raised in tho year 1843 by a rose grower named Feast in Baltimore from seeds of the wild prairie rose crossed with some European variety These two tho former red and the latter white when grown near each other on the same porch or with intertwining branches heighten each others beauty by con trast Both are of rapid growth and may bo employed to advantage for covering cov-ering unsightly objects as walls ole trees old buildings etc Among the most desirable roses of the prairie class we have An nio Maria vigorous pale I pink very few thorns j Baltimore Belle pale bluish changing to white Gem of the Prairie free believed to be from Queen of the Prairies crossed with Mme Laffay rosy red occasionally blotched with white large flat flowers slightly fragrant Queen of the Prairies vigor ons rosy red frequently with a white stripe medium or large she double fo liege large five leaflets quite serrated Triumphant vigorous rosy pink me dium size double or full distinct seven leaflets svrecommon Cleveland Leader |