Editor Horticulturist: - We would like to know a list of ten best roses for outdoor culture here. Our winters are severe enough to kill the Queen of Prairie and English Moss, so we do not expect to grow any good roses without protection. What we wish is ten or a dozen sorts that we may reasonably expect success with if protected. We have Madam Plantier (white), and consider it one of the finest. We cannot see why the Baltimore Belle is considered worthy of culture, if others succeed no better than we have. We get only a moderate bloom of dingy color. We have had fair success with the Washington Rose, but it is not equal in bush to some others.

We would like to know ten best varieties of evergreens for nursery culture here. Would Chinese Arbor Viae prove hardy here? We should expect the Siberian to be hardy, the name would indicate so at least. We have had good success with Balsam Fir, Norway Spruce, American Arbor Vita, etc. We learn that Irish Juniper is not hardy here - makes too late a growth each season.

We have tried Japan Lilies three or four times. Have not succeeded well in open ground culture except with Rubrum, and only moderately with that. We wish some good hardy plants sure to succeed as well as Dicen-tra and Bee Larkspur. Are there none of the finer lilies we can grow with satisfaction? If the Japan Lilies are as hardy and good growers as the Tiger Lily, we would be satisfied.

We have good success with Snow Ball, Lilacs, etc., but our Pyrus Japonica, Weigelia, Hoses, and Flowering Almond winter kills unless protected. What hardy flowering shrub shall we try next? Will some one who knows please inform us through The Ithaca, Richland Co., Wis.