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have seen the proofs of his skill and perseverance at one of 

 the great London Rose-shows, to my high surprise and 

 delectation — it is quite certain that he would be milli 

 seamdtis with the full advantage of situation and soil. Nor 

 do I hesitate to say that the collection to which I refer, 

 necessarily less perfect than those around it in colour and 

 in size, seemed to me the most honourable of all. 



What can I offer, besides the hand of friendship and the 

 praise of an old Rosarian, to these brave brethren of the 

 Rose } I subjoin for them a list of those varieties which 

 are, in my opinion, most likely to repay their anxious care. 

 Let them be planted in the best place and in the best soil 

 available, avoiding drip and roots. Let them be manured 

 in the winter and mulched in the spring. In the summer 

 months let them be well watered below and ivell syringed 

 above two or three times a-week. Let grubs and aphides be 

 removed, and sulphur, or soot, or soap-and-water, applied 

 as soon as mildew shows itself 



