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love of the subject will induce them to look over 

 all deficiencies in the manner of treating it, and 

 hoping that the views and experience of a prac- 

 tical man, honestly given, and in a style aiming at 

 nothing but perspicuity, may be of some use to 

 them. While it has been my object to produce a 

 manual adapted to the wants of every rose fan- 

 cier, I have been especially anxious to make the 

 task of selection an easier odc to my fair patron- 

 esses ; and if I succeed in assisting any of them in 

 the choice or culture of a single rose, I shall be 

 satisfied; or should I be the means of inducing 

 some to enter the flowery paths of Floriculture, 

 where healthful employment and innocent plea- 

 sures wait to greet them, my highest ambition 

 will be attained. 



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two miles below Gray's Ferry. 



