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to horticulture. And yet it was delightful to see how much 

 might be, and was, done in one of these pleasant plots. 

 There was something for every season : — 



" The daughters of the year, 

 One after one, through that still garden pass, 

 Each garlanded with her peculiar flower." 



There, to cheer the ungenial days of winter, were the Christ- 

 mas Rose, the Aconite, the Laurestinus, the Golden Holly, 

 the Cheimonanthus fragrans on its snug bit of southern wall, 

 with the large yellow Jasmine near, and the winter Violets 

 beneath. There, to follow in the spring, the Mezereon, the 

 Erica, the Berberis, the Snowdrop, Hepatica, Polyanthus, 

 Crocus, and Tulip ; after these the Lilac, Laburnum, Ribes, 

 and then the Royal Rose. The straight standards, cleanly 

 and closely pruned, firmly staked, and liberally mulched 

 (blessed be the boy with donkey and cart, who goes to a 

 cheap market, and sells accordingly !) ; the Manetti Dwarfs, 

 full of vigorous wood — not the stock, but the scion this 

 time ; the climbers tastefully trained over " the bower of 

 Roses by," dare I say, " Bendigo's stream," seeing that the 

 ex-champion is oft an angler in the waters of the Trent, 

 hard by ; — all these acknowledge the royal supremacy, and 

 the loyal love of our second Queen. And think what a 



