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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 an- 

 swer. 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. To have both a 

 beautiful Rose-garden and a garden of beautiful 

 Roses, requires the Kr}nia nXovToVy the 



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the ground and the gold, which few can spare. 

 They who can — who have both the desire and 

 the means, the enthusiasm and the exchequer — 

 should have some such a Rosary as I have sug- 

 gested in the chapter on Arrangement, together 

 with a large budding-ground annually devoted, 

 fresh Briers or Manetti on fresh soil, to the pro- 

 duction of show Roses. As a rule, the amateur 

 who becomes a keen exhibitor will eliminate the 

 varieties which he cannot show ; and the amateur 

 who studies tout ensemble — the completeness of 

 the scene, diversity, abundance — will rest satisfied 

 with his exhibition at home. He will grow, of 

 course, the more perfect Roses, enumerated here- 



