8 PICTORIAL PRACTICAL ROSE GROWING. 
So we, children of the morning like herself, speak to her, and 
of her, without fear. The world is still unborn. Rival ambi- 
tions, conflicting interests, raucous clamour of wrongs done and 
vEpuRAnee unrequited—these foul spectres of the battling day 
are still. 
If a window is thrown up, a night-capped head thrust angrily 
out, and a fist, armed with an exhibiting tube, is shaken at us, 
what matter? Tush! Tshoo! Shucks! A fig for the jealous 
prize-winner who would peg out this fair preserve, and keep it 
to himself! | 
Weare here by right of love, to talk of the Rose, not as those 
who have gained money and medals and silver cups by her, but 
as those who have studied her intimately these many years— 
who have had Roses in their gardens and in their hearts, not 
merely in their pockets. 
In our own circle we are at peace. Secure from the slings 
and arrows of malice, with the flame of our affection burning as 
a fire imperishable, we start our Rose ramble. 2 
In our happy communings we shall see how we may get more 
Roses in our gardens, how we may make their homes larger and ° 
healthier, how we may turn them to fresh and beautiful uses, 
and how we may protect them from their lurking enemies. 
Thus, having made two Roses grow where but one grew be- 
fore, we shall have humbly imitated Him who doubled the 
blades of grass, and watered them with the dew of love. 
Chapter 2.—A Practical Purview. 
ARE we going to have a Rose Garden, or Roses in the garden? 
Here is a far-reaching question. Are we lords of ancestral acres, 
are we South African magnates, have we a million-tons-a-year 
trade in tea—then will we have a Rose Garden. Are we con- 
fidential clerks, are we poor clergy, are we bank cashiers, are 
we unbriefed barristers, are we sugar dealers in a small way— 
then will we have Roses in our garden. | 
And let us straight away recognise that it is in the latter 
circumstances, and not in the former, that possibilities of Rose 
distinction lie. Roses of prize-winning potentialities may be’ 
grown in our (millionaire’s) Rose Garden, but our head gardener 
will stand sponsor for them at the show, and pocket the prize- 
money which they win. Roses of prize-winning potentialities 
may be grown in our (clerical) garden, and we—we ourselves-— 
shall appropriate the glory and the spoil. 
