52 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



And the Rose, as it Is admired, so may it be 

 grown by all. 



3. A I? omnibus. — Loved by all grades and 

 ages, from the little village child who wreathes it 

 from the hedge-row in his sister's hair, to the prin- 

 cess who holds it in her gemmed bouqiietier, so It 

 may be alike enjoyed in the laborer's garden or in 

 the conservatory of the peer. Wherever It is 

 loved, there will It display Its beauty ; and the 

 best Cloth-of-Gold I ever saw was on a cottager's 

 wall. It is adapted for every position, and for 

 every pocket too. The poorest may get his own 

 Briers, and beg a few buds from the rich ; and 

 men of moderate means may make or maintain a 

 Rosary at a very moderate expense. There Is 

 nothing in floriculture to be purchased and per- 

 petuated so cheaply as a garden of Roses. You 

 may lay the foundation for a £^ note; and then, 

 by budding and by striking cuttings from your 

 own trees, and by an annual selection of a few 

 additional and valuable varieties, may In two or 

 three seasons possess a beautiful Rosarium. 



I will now endeavor to tell, practically and 

 minutely, how this may be done. 



