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therein the framework of a neat miniature greenhouse, thus 

 described upon a board affixed to it : — 



I grieve, when I pass, to think how many a true but poor 

 florist has stopped to read, and sigh. I rejoice, when I pass, 

 to beHeve that many a poor but brave florist has stopped 

 to read, and has gone home to save — has come, and seen, 

 and conquered. 



A few of the structures, which I was invited to inspect, 

 were of fair dimensions ; here a carpenter, and here a 

 bricklayer, and there a glazier, had made his handicraft 

 subserve his amusement ; but the accommodation, as a 

 rule, was meagre, and I could hardly believe that the 

 grand Roses which we had just left could have come, like 

 some village beauty out of her cottage dwelling, from such 

 mean and lowly homes. But there were the plants, and 

 there were the proprietors, showing me proudly the stems 

 from which such and such favourites were cut, and pointing 



