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A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



must be of the regulation size — 3 inches in length by i in 

 width. They should be kept in a box, divided into com- 

 partments and lettered, so that they may be quickly found 

 when wanted. They are placed sometimes on the moss in 

 front of the Rose, but they have a more neat and uniform 

 appearance if inserted on sticks about 5 inches long (I use 

 osier-twigs painted green), cleft at the top to receive them, 

 and pointed at the bottom to penetrate the moss more easily. 

 The young knight will not be armed cap-a-pie until he 

 has supplied himself with a couple of helmets. If the wea- 

 ther is showery, or the 

 sun scorches, just before 

 a show, many Roses may 

 be advantageously shaded 

 by having a zinc cap 

 placed over them 8 inch- 

 es in diameter, 5 inches 

 in depth, ventilated, and 

 having a socket attached, 

 which may be moved up 

 and down a stake fixed 

 by the Rose-tree, until the cap is secured in its position 

 by a wooden wedge inserted between the socket and the 



