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really means to make the Rose his hobby, and to enjoy the 

 ride, he must feed him liberally and regularly with old oats 

 and beans. The Rose cannot be grown in its glory with- 

 out frequent and rich manure ; and again I recommend 

 that the best farmyard dung be dug in towards the end 

 of November, if the ground is dry, and that the surface- 

 dressing prescribed by Mr Rivers, or another slighter 

 supply of farmyard manure, be administered in May or 

 June. The latter should remain on the surface. The 

 offence which they may cause to the eyes and nostrils of 

 the Rosist will be more than recompensed to him by the 

 brighter beauty and by the sweeter perfume of the Rose. 

 And if neighbours, who are not true lovers of the Rose, 

 expostulate, and condemm the waste, quote for their edifi- 

 cation those true words of Victor Hugo in Les Miserables, 

 " the beautiful is as 7iseful as the useful, perhaps more soT 



We have found our situation, we have prepared our soils : 

 we will speak next of the arrangement of the Rosary, and 

 then of the Rose itself. 



