Roses.—­Hansen’s Tetonkeha rose at this writing is in full bloom and is a very striking object.  It grows to the height of about four feet and needs no protection.  The flowers are large and of a deep pink color.  It seems to be as hardy as the old yellow rose of our gardens, that rose being now, too, at its best.  Among other garden roses Paul Neyron is in a rather weak condition, Ulrich Brunner is doing a little better, while Mme. Georges Bruant is doing still better.  Rosa pratincola grows on our grounds naturally, and we have brought in from the edges of the timber Rosa Engelmanni and Rosa Maximilliani.  A friend in Duluth has sent us Rosa Sayi, and we obtained Rosa Macounii from the Bad Lands of North Dakota.  These roses, as well as the more common Rosa blanda, make an interesting addition to the hardy border.

Delphinium Formosum.—­We obtained a plant or two of the old tall larkspur almost thirty years ago.  The old plants persisted several years, and seedlings have grown up from self-sown seed, and the plantation is now as attractive as ever.

Chrysanthemum Uliginosum.—­The giant daisy has been here for a long time and needs but little attention.  The clumps should be taken up and divided occasionally.  It is one of our best late fall flowers.

Philadelphus.—­Philadelphus pubescens came through the winter without injury.  Philadelphus zeyheri suffered a little.  Philadelphus coronarius came through in fair condition in a rather protected border, but Philadelphus Lemoinei was frozen back nearly to the ground.

[Illustration:  Giant daisy, or chrysanthemum uliginosum.]

Physocarpus.—­Physocarpus opulifolius came through the winter with no more than its ordinary injury.

Lonicera.—­The old climbing honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) came through the winter very much damaged, but our native honeysuckle is in fine condition.  The bush honeysuckles are all hardy.  The one known as Lonicera bella alba does not differ very much from the common white form of the Tartarian honeysuckle.

Prunus Triloba.—­The double flowering plum has always been hardy with us, and usually has been a splendid bloomer in the latter part of April, but last winter was so severe that it did not bloom at all this spring.

Catalpa.—­Another strange feature of the winter was that Catalpa speciosa came through entirely uninjured.

Viburnum.—­Viburnum pekinensis came through in fine condition as well as its close relative, the high bush cranberry.  The common snowball did not suffer so much from aphis this year as usual.  Viburnum lentago, which grows in the river valleys here naturally, is doing finely.

Syringa.—­Among the bushy lilacs Syringa ligustrina, Syringa Chinensis, Syringa josikea and Syringa villosa all bloomed fully.  The varieties of the common lilac, known as Ludwig Spaeth, Charles X, Senator Vollard and the one that Prof.  Budd brought from Russia and called by him Russian lilac, were all very satisfactory.  This last variety has pink flowers and is a very choice variety of Syringa vulgaria.