8S A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



Rosarian from the Rosicrucian, in one essential point — / 

 found it! 



Where ? Not down among the bones. I tried bones of 

 all denominations — bones in their integrity, bones crushed, 

 bones powdered, bones dissolved with sulphuric and 

 muriatic acid, as Liebig bade ; and I have a very high 

 admiration of the bone as a most sure and fertilising 

 manure. For agricultural purposes, for turnips, for grass 

 recently laid down, or for a starved exhausted pasture, 

 whereupon you may write your name with it ; and in horti- 

 culture, for the lighter soils, for the vine-border, for plants 

 (the Pelargonium especially), it is excellent ; but in the 

 Rosary, although a magniun (I feel in writing the pun like 

 the little boy who chalked " No Popery " on Dr Wiseman's 

 door, half ashamed of the deed, and desirous to run), it is 

 not the smnniuni bonmn of manures. 



Nor up the chimney — though, for Roses on the Manetti 

 stock, and for Tea-Roses, soot is good manure, and useful 

 as a surface-dressing for hot, dry soils. Nor among the 

 autumn leaves, although these also, decayed to mould, are 

 very advantageous to the Teas, Noisettes, and Bourbons, and 

 to all Roses grown on their own roots. Sure and great is 

 their reviving power, which gives back to the ground, ac- 



