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likely to result from manual fecundation, all 
practitioners admit that there is a certainty 
by this method of obtaining a product distinc- 
tive in character, which is of itself a sufficient 
inducement to encourage our best efforts in 
this line. But the truth is, so few crossed 
roses have been raised, compared to the 
number from natural selection, that we have 
learned very little about the successes and 
failures that have attended the operators in 
this field of study. Very few of those who 
have engaged in this work have given us any 
information that will be of use to those who 
wish to experiment. It seems to me, the 
lack of finish and the delicate constitution, © 
averred to belong to varieties raised from 
artificial crosses, come from bringing together 
roses of different types, too widely separated 
in character to blend well. I believe roses 
belonging to the same type will always cross 
with good results. Those who wish to prac- 
tise this art will do well, therefore, to begin 
with crossing varieties of the same family; 
the chapter on Typical Roses, which pre- 
cedes this, should be carefully perused as 
bearing on this point. 
In this connection it may be profitable for 
us to consider briefly the result of Mr. Ben- 
nett’s labors in the hybridization of roses. 
