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banks ; and, opening a door at the end of our avenue, to 

 dazzle him into an ecstasy. He should feel as Kane the 

 explorer felt, when after an Arctic winter he saw the sun 

 shine once more, and " felt as though he were bathing in 

 perfumed waters." 



Although water offered itself in a fair running stream for 

 introduction into the Rose-garden, I should hesitate timidly 

 as to its admission. Charming as it would be to see the 

 Roses reflected, like Narcissus, in such a mirror — to muse 

 upon beauty, like Plato beneath the planes which grew by 

 the waters of Ilissus — we should simultaneously strengthen 

 the cruel power of our fiercest enemy, frost. Let us con- 

 tent ourselves with cisterns for soft water, with pumps, 

 syringes, and gutta-percha tubes. 



Let us now consider, collectively and individually, the 

 various families of this our royal flower, that we may invite 

 those members whom we may esteem most worthy to be 

 guests at our feast of Roses. 



