534 THE GARDENER. [Nov. 1869, 



THE VEITCH MEMORIAL. 



"We understand that so spontaneous and general has been the desire that some 

 lasting memorial of this eminent horticulturist should be formed, that a most 

 influential committee has been convened to take the preliminary steps for carrying 

 out what seems to be the general wish of all who take any interest in that depart- 

 ment of natural science, in which he stood as a star of the first magnitude ; and 

 we have no doubt the result will be worthy of the nation, as well as of the 

 memory of him whom it is intended to commemoi'ate. 



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REVIEW. 



A Book about Roses : how to Grow and Show them. By S. Reynolds 

 Hole. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. 



This is a well-got-up volume of 277 pages, and though the greater part of the 

 substance of it appeared in our columns from time to time, we advise all our 

 readers to purchase it. 



As an amateur Rose grower and exhibitor, our author has not, and never had, 

 an equal ; he has won more than thirty silver cups " open to all England ; " and 

 as a writer, his pen is as facile as his friend John Leech's pencil, consequently the 

 book will be read by thousands who care little about Roses, and they will be 

 amply repaid in the literary treat it will afford them. 



We quote the Dedication ; it is in the author's own style : — • 



** I dedicate my book to my wife, because 



" There's a Rose looking in at the window, 



In every condition of life. 

 In days of content and enjoyment, 



In hours with bitterness rife. 



" Where'er there's the smile of a woman, 



As bright as a beam from above, 

 'Tis the Rose looking in at the window. 



And filling the dwelling with love." 



In reply to one who signs himself "Respect for the Under- Gardener," I may 

 mention that the gardener did not " board " me. Can any one in their right senses 

 suppose that he would do so for two or even three shillings per week, and give 

 me instructions at the same time? I paid two shillings per week for instructions 

 only ; at the time, I thought it hard — very hard ; but I have since found that I 

 received three times the value of the paltry premium I paid him. In fact, I am 

 pleased that I surmounted the difficulty, one of the first that I met on entering 

 the garden-doors. T. W. B. 



