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same chapter — and at the same time take off freely the 

 lesser and numerous Rosebuds which surround the central 

 calyx. A painful process this slaughter of the innocents, 

 this drowning of the puppies of the poor Dog-Rose, but 

 justified in their eyes who desire to see the Rose in its 

 brightest glory, and who prefer one magnificent Ribston 

 Pippin to a waggon-load of Crabs. 



We must revert here briefly to the parental trees, from 

 which the buds were taken in July. Although they cannot, 

 speaking generally, reproduce the beauty of their first-born, 

 they will give you, in return for attentive culture, very valu- 

 able help. They will be in bloom at the time of the earlier 

 shows, when the Roses in your budding-ground may not 

 be fully out ; and in some cases they will supply you with 

 better flowers than can be gathered from a " maiden plant." 

 It is so with regard to Teas and Noisettes, and with several 

 other Roses — such as Frangois Lacharme, Gloire de 

 Santenay, Louise Magnan, Madame Boll, Madame Boutin, 

 Madame C. Joigneaux, Marechal Vaillant, Marie Rady, 

 Miss Ingram, Monsieur Noman, Olivier Delhomme, &c. 

 Moreover, you should have in your Rose-garden the ad- 

 vantage of a wall on which to grow the more tender Roses, 

 those grand Marechal Niels, Devonienses, and Souvenirs 



