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encircle the Rose-temple, over which the disgusted right- 

 minded Rose-trees always object to grow? It looks like a 

 dismal aviary from which the birds have flown ; but with a 

 little bright paint and gilding externally, and a loud barrel- 

 organ within, it might form a brilliant lucrative centrepiece 

 for a merry-go-round at a fair. Strange to say, the Rose- 

 temple, in its most awful form, is to be seen, where all else 

 is so tastefully designed, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. 

 It would be a gay idea in gasometers, but for Roses it is 

 grim despair.* 



When the Rose is grown for exhibition exclusively, the 

 geometrical system in its simplest form, and minus the 

 temple, is desirable, as being most convenient to him who 

 purposely sacrifices beauty of arrangement as regards the 

 general appearance, the tout ensemble, of his Rose-garden, 

 that he may attain perfection as to size and colour in the 

 individual flowers. He cannot afford space for numerous 

 varieties, which, lovely, distinct, and indispensable in the 

 general collection, are not suitable for the exhibition stage. 

 He admires the Gallicas and Mosses, Chinas and Bourbons, 



* Since this was written, a tasteful tempest has blown down part of the 

 superstructure, thus suggesting a great improvement ; i.e., the removal of all 

 the heavier work, and the retention of the lighter and more graceful only. 



