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hail than, In the flesh, a few years before, he had cared for 

 Crimean snow. 



Nor was our first enjoyment diminished, when, from a 

 general survey of this charming contrast, we proceeded in 

 our judicial office to a minute and careful scrutiny. I have 

 never seen better specimens of cut Roses, grown under glass, 

 than those which were exhibited by these working men. 

 Their Tea-Roses — Adam, Devonlensis, Madame WlUermorz, 

 and Souvenir d'un Ami especially — were shown In their 

 most exquisite beauty ; and, coming down to the jDresent 

 time, I do not hesitate to say that the best Marechal NIel 

 and the best Madame Margottin which I have yet seen, I 

 saw that spring at Nottingham, In the ginger-beer bottles ! 

 Many of the Hybrid Perpetual varieties were shown in their 

 Integrity — a difiicuit achievement when days are short and 

 dull ; and one of them, Alphonse Karr, I have never met 

 with elsewhere of the same size and excellence. It Is but 

 rarely seen at our great Rose-shows, never In Its perfect 

 phase ; and I must frankly own that I have bought it, budded 

 It, potted it, petted It, for many years In vain. Of course, in 

 an exhibition of this kind, with difficulties to oppose which 

 few dare to encounter and very few overcome, these poor 

 florists must include among their masterpieces many sped- 



