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A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



wider than the boxes, and having a narrow beading within 

 the four sides, half an inch from the bottom of the hd, over- 

 lap the boxes, leaving ample room for the Roses, and are 

 secured for travelling by stout leather straps. Within the 

 boxes some exhibitors have holes pierced at equal distances 

 on a uniform surface of wood ; but as Roses differ in size, 

 it is more convenient to have the facility of placing them 

 where we please, and for this purpose it is desirable to have 

 strong laths (3-4ths of an inch in depth, and i inch /-Bths 

 in width) extending the length of the box. These laths 



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should be six in number, and should be nailed on two 

 strong pieces of wood, crossing the box one at each end, 

 2 inches below the surface. The upper and lower laths 

 should be fixed i-8th of an inch within the box, and the 

 four remaining so arranged that there will be six interstices 



