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Rosa indica odorata on the seedling Brier. They 

 must be thoroughly protected by dense farm-yard 

 manure, laid around them in November, from 

 frost — just peeping out of it, as a Russian from 

 the eyelets of his furs ; and then such Roses as 

 Adam, Anna Ollivier, Catherine Mermet, Com- 

 tesse de Nadaillac, Devoniensis, La Boule d'Or, 

 Mesdames Bravy, Falcot, Margottin, and Willer- 

 morz, Marie Van Houtte, Niphetos, President, 

 Rubens, and Les Souvenirs d'un Ami, d'Elise, et 

 de Paul Neron, will astonish their admiring lover. 

 Let us now suppose that in all these depart- 

 ments your loving and patient care has brought 

 you the prospect and proximity of such a splendid 

 harvest that you have entered your name as an 

 exhibitor at one of our great Rose-shows. Ah ! 

 what a crisis of excitement, to be remembered al- 

 ways in the glad Rosarian's life ! It is when the 

 boy, who has distinguished himself in the playing- 

 fields, goes forth from the pavilion at Lord's in the 

 Eton and Harrow match. It is as when the un- 

 dergraduate, who has been working manfully, en- 

 ters his name on the list of candidates for honors. 

 What sweet solicitudes ! what hopeful fears ! 

 Look — Mr. Mitchell is whispering to that Eton 

 boy, just going to the wicket with his bat, wise 

 words anent the Harrow bowling. Listen ; that 



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