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and lovely (albeit the floral cottager was right who told me 

 that he '* considered them ^ostsjlothery'') ; but Ichabod is 

 soon written on flower and leaf, and the habit of growth is 

 anything but graceful, " Gracilis " itself forming no excep- 

 tion. They may be trained both to climb and droop, but 

 they have long ceased to perform in my Rosarium either 

 of these evolutions. There are better Roses. 



Nor am I acquainted, so numerous are the candidates 

 having stronger claims, with any garden which has space to 

 spare for the Multiflora, or for the Hybrid Climbing Roses. 



They are disappearing from the lists (as fair ladies do 

 when no combatant wears their glove in his helmet) ; and 

 I sigh to count the happy, happy years which are gone 

 since I laid "the Garland," as an Immortelle, upon the 

 tomb of " Madame D'Arblay." 



K 



