CAUSES OF SUCCESS. 3 1 



plants, fruits, and vegetables, he had in cultivation six 

 thousand Rose-trees, most of which he had budded, and all 

 of which he had pruned and cared for himself From his 

 houses he showed some beautiful seedling Gloxinias, which 

 won the first prize and especial commendation ; obtained 

 the prize for a specimen plant of recent introduction, the 

 pretty Panicum variegatum, sent out last year by Messrs 

 Veitch ; while from his Rose-garden he won the first prize 

 for twelves, and in the larger collection succumbed with- 

 out discredit, as an amateur may and generally must 

 when he competes with a nurseryman, to Messrs Wood & 

 Ingram. 



Ascending some rungs of the social scala, passing from 

 the bluecoat school of Rosists to the black, we floral eccle- 

 siastics may congratulate ourselves, thankfully and happily, 

 upon our status in the world of Roses. And here again, 

 how often will the poor curate, with something more than a 

 good gardener's wages, and something less than a good 

 gardener's house, show what earnest love can do ! When- 

 ever I see at an exhibition a white tie behind a box of 

 Roses, I know (although I may have on one or two occa- 

 sions irreverently exclaimed to my clerical friends, " Hollo, 

 Butler ! are you bringing breakfast } ") — I know that, almost 



