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thing of the sort, for there are a quantity of 

 plants which yield sweet-smelling flowers, and 

 are of the most easy culture ; indeed, they 

 may be grown to as great perfection by those 

 possessed of only a small garden, as by those 

 who glory in an extensive horticultural esta- 

 blishment. There are many advantages in 

 cultivating sweet-smelling flowers in a garden. 

 In the first place, it greatly enhances the 

 pleasure ; in the next place, how delightful is 

 a bouquet of these fragrant flowers in the 

 house, especially in the sick room ; and 



Much has been said and sung in praise of 

 the Rose, and by none more pleasantly than 

 by her great champion who presided at the 

 anniversary of the Gardeners' Royal Benevo- 

 lent Society in July of the present year; 

 nevertheless, the theme is never wearisome, 

 but, like the delicate fragrance of the flower, 

 is ever new, ever grateful, ever enjoyable. 

 The most odoriferous, perhaps, of all the 

 varieties we have is still the old Cabbage 

 Rose, and those varieties belonging to the 

 section of Tea-scented. Well do I remember 



roup of Sweet-smelling Flowers. 



then we are told by scientific men that these 

 plants are great ozone producers, and thus 

 they become great promoters of health. In 

 order, therefore, or with the hope of fostering 

 the taste for such plants, I here offer a few 

 remarks upon the management of a few 

 kinds, so that sweet-smelling flowers may not 

 be confined to the wealthy, possessed of 

 large gardens, but may flourish, and make 

 glad the hearts of villa residents and cot- 

 tagers. 



At the head 'of any list of sweet-scented 

 plants stands the " queen of flowers," the 

 Rose, and not by courtesy only, but by right. 



the happy days of boyhood, when in my 

 village home I gambolled amongst my mother's 

 Cabbages, and Cabbage Roses, too, drinking 

 in the delicious fragrance of the latter, and 

 picking caterpillars off the former ; but I 

 loved those Roses, and do still, with a love 

 that not all the grand varieties which have 

 been introduced to our gardens can shake or 

 diminish ; and though I love these our fine 

 modern Roses, I do yet regret that the old 

 Cabbage Rose is not more extensively grown. 

 The Tea-scented Roses are exquisitely sweet 

 — a little tender in constitution, perhaps, for 

 an amateur or cottager, but these may be 



