CAUSES OF FAILURE. J 



Mr Hedge of Colchester, a true earnest Rosarian, a hearty 

 genial friend ; and we all sadly miss at our exhibitions those 

 exquisite Tea-scented Roses, so tastefully, so gracefully 

 disposed, which none but he could show ; but the motto of 

 our old Phoenix Club at Oxford has been verified, " Uno 

 avulso, non deficit alter," and a great Rosarian has arisen 

 in his place, — the Rev. E. N. Pochin. I do not hesitate to 

 say that in this present summer he has exhibited a larger 

 number of perfect Roses, at the Crystal Palace, at " the 

 National," at Leicester, Newark, and elsewhere, than have 

 ever been shown by an amateur in one season. There are 

 others of our clerical brotherhood in whom I rejoice to note 

 that earnest enthusiasm which alone insures success, 'such 

 as the Rev. G. Arkwright of Pencombe, Herefordshire, and 

 the Rev. C. Ellison of Bracebridge, Lincolnshire ; but I 

 assert notwithstanding, that such men ought to be 

 numbered not by units, but by scores in every county, and 

 that if the Rose were loved and grown as it ought to be, 

 new aspirants for honours would appear at every Rose- 

 show, and would persevere until they had won them. 



We must pass from the public Rose-show to the private 

 Rose-garden to see in its saddest phase the difference be- 

 tween what is and what ought to be — the feeble harvest of 



