THE ROSE GARDEN. I31» 



truss or variety mill be counted against the exhibitor ? This would guarantee the 

 exclusion of all inferior kinds, and secure a great number of varieties in a small 

 space, and in a state approaching more nearly to that of nature. But to limit the 

 exhibition to a small number of varieties, when hundreds or thousands are grown, 

 does not admit of classification, and renders it impossible to give a full and true 

 account of the genus. 



With this statement of our views on exhibiting cut Roses, we respectfully sub- 

 mit two arrangements for the consideration of those who prepare the prize-sche- 

 dules for our flower-shows. 



1st, Roses in a collection, the number of varieties unlimited, classed in 

 groups according to the arrangement of (name who), one, two, or three 

 trusses only of one variety. 

 Or, 2dly, 



A. Climbing Roses in a collection, the number of varieties unlimited (one, two, 

 or three), trusses only of one variety. 



B. Summer Roses (exclusive of the kinds shewn under letter A) in a col- 

 lection, the number of varieties unlimited ; classed in groups according 

 to ; — trusses only of one variety. 



C. Autumnal Roses in a collection, number of varieties unlimited, to be 

 classed and shewn as in letter B. 



By the arrangements above proposed we afford the tyro efficient aid in select- 

 ing varieties. The classification enables him to see at a glance the extent, variety, 

 and beauty of each group, and he can select from each and every one a gradation 

 of colour from the lightest to the darkest hues it may embrace. Or if he prefer 

 one colour more than another, such can be noted down, and its free interspersion 

 secured. Further still, while he admires the variety and richness of colour exist- 

 ing in one group, the regular outline of another, and is charmed by the delicious 

 odour of a third, he is enabled to form a correct judgment of the comparative 

 value of each, from the whole, or the most worthy, being brought at once under 

 the eye. But these remarks are sufficiently extended, and we have to speak of 

 dressing the boxes, and gathering and arranging the flowers. 



The boxes may be made of inch deal of the simplest construction, and painted 

 green. By the laws of some Societies, framed for general convenience, the lids 

 must shift off at pleasure : no boxes are allowed to be placed on the exhibition- 

 tables whose dimensions exceed eight inches in height when the lid is removed, 

 and eighteen inches in width from front to back. A handle at either end is 

 necessary, which should drop into the wood that the ends may approach closely. 

 The box may be filled with moss, into which zinc tubes may be sunk, filled with 

 water, to contain the flowers. The tubes may be about three inches deep, three 

 quarters of an inch wide, with a rim half an inch broad. Nothing, perhaps, forms 

 so agreeable a ground on which to place the flowers as green moss, which may 

 be gathered in most hollows of woods, and from shady banks. It is not, indeed, 



