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rebels I have waited to see that proctor, who hardly knew in the meek, respect- 

 ful, gown-clad undergraduate of the morn, the hilarious Jehu he met yester-eve 

 in a tandem and a scarlet coat. Again, sir, I repeat that I hate anterooms, 

 I hate waiting, I hate crowds, I hate black-silk stockings, and I am yours 

 irascibly, Rose Rampant. 



I hasten at once, with many apologies, to the pacification 

 and relief of my disciple ; and seeing that he Is much too 

 hot and ruffled — I don't mean about the wrists, but Inwardly 

 — for immediate presentation, I propose to cool him a little 

 in the fresh pure air, taking him with me to the summit of 

 a breezy slope, which he, being of a rampant nature, will 

 rejoice to ascend, and then showing him, when pleasantly 

 and kindly " we've climbed the hill together," all tJie Roses ! 



Just out of Interlachen, the tourist on his way to Lauter- 

 brunnen Is Invited by his courier or his coachman to leave 

 the main road, and, walking up the higher ground on the 

 right, to survey from the garden of a small residence, which 

 was used when I saw it as a pension or boarding-house, one 

 of the most lovely views In Switzerland — the two lakes of 

 Thun and Brienz. So would I now Invite the amateur 

 to survey and to consider the Roses In two divisions. I 

 would describe those, In the first place, which are desirable 

 additions to the Rosarium, either as enhancing the general 

 effect from the abundance or colour of their flowers, or as 



