Having for the last eight years purchased from florists in Savannah, Ga„ from five to ten thousand Hybrid Perpetual roses every fall, would state that I have had as good results with them as with any I have ever imported from Europe or elsewhere. I received last year, about the first part of December, ten thousand roses of all the leading Hybrid Perpetual varieties from that section. They were all potted, part of them were put in a cellar, and the remainder in a cold greenhouse, and I did not lose ten plants from the entire lot, and they made as fine and vigorous growth as any imported roses I had. Moreover, they were all grown on their own roots, which is a very desirable advantage. Mr. Gabriel Marc, florist, Woodside, L. I., who is one of the very best pot rose growers in this section, has purchased from florists in Savannah, Ga., for the last thirty years, in quantities of from three to five thousand, Hybrid Perpetual roses yearly. He has had as good results with them as with any he imported from Europe, which he does yearly in quantity.

I consider if the roses from the South when not lifted before the first part of December and then are handled with ordinary care, the results to the purchaser of them ought to be as good as any imported stock from Europe or elsewhere.

Astoria, Long Island, Dec. 7th, 1885.