CHAPTER IX. 



SELECTION — [continued) 



Descending now from roseate heights, and ere we reach 

 the perfumed plains below, we must halt to gaze upon our 



Pillar Roses, 



some rising singly here and there, like the proud standards 

 of victorious troops ; some meeting in graceful conjunction, 

 saluting each other like our forefathers and foremothers in 

 the stately minuet — bowing themselves, like tall and supple 

 cavaliers, into arches of courtesy, with keystones of cocked 

 hats. In both phases these Pillar Roses are beautiful addi- 

 tions to the Rosarium, enabling us, like the Rose-mounds 

 previously commended, to enliven, with a pleasing diversity, 

 that level which is described as dead. But with reference 

 to the first, I must offer to amateurs a respectful caution — 

 that to grow single specimens in isolated positions, where 



