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in the preparation of the ground. "Anything 

 that is worth doing at all, is worth doing well," 

 is a maxim always to be kept in mind in all gar- 

 deniDg operations. 



ROSA RUBIGTNOSA. 



THE SWEET BRIER, 



The Eglantine has been the theme of poets 

 and lovers for many centuries. It is to be found 

 in some sort growing wild in many parts of both 

 hemispheres. To the flower there is no special 

 beauty attached, being a very simple-looking 

 single pink blossom. Although there may be 

 great beauty in simplicity, yet to admirers of the 

 rose, singleness is at once an objection. The odor 

 emitted by the plant after a shower, or when 

 fresh with the dews of evening and morning, 

 is certainly very grateful, and even delicious. 

 AYherever there is a hedge to be planted, it 

 should have a few plants of the sweet brier inter- 

 spersed ; it bears clipping well, and even a hedge 

 of itself would prove a garden ornament rarely 

 equalled, being of a lively green, and its many 

 associations will make it always pleasing. To 



