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Then, should the educated taste of the amateur lead him 

 to prefer the perfection of individual Roses to the general 

 effect of his Rosary — should he find more pleasure in a 

 single bloom, teres atque rotunda, than in a tree luxuriantly 

 laden with flowers, whose petals are less gracefully disposed 

 — If, like young Norval, he has heard of battles, and longs 

 to win his spurs — then must these latter lusty, trusty, 

 valiant pioneers make way for the vanguard of his fighting 

 troops. Let him not disband them hastily. If, surveying 

 the Roses of these two divisions, and having grown them 

 all, I were asked whether I should prefer a Rose-garden 

 laid out and planted for its general beauty — for its inclu- 

 siveness of all varieties of special Interest — or a collection 

 brought together and disposed solely for the production of 

 prize flowers — whether I would live by Brienz or by Thun, — 

 I hardly know what would be my answer. Let the amateur 

 begin with a selection from both, and then let him make 

 his choice. A choice, if he Is worthy of that name, he will 

 have to make, as Increase of appetite grows with that It 

 feeds on, and demands new ground to be broken up for Its 

 sustenance. It is hardly possible, for the reasons which I 

 have given at page 115, to grow the two conjointly : and to 

 grow them separately — that is, to have both a beautiful 



