254 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



yellow Rose on his left, a blush Rose on his right, 

 and a snow-white Rose below him ; and so 

 throughout. 



Your beautiful thoroughbreds may not all 

 come to the post, they may not run in the order 

 in which you have placed them — that is, some of 

 your Roses may be too much expanded when you 

 come to cut them, or may not be in size or in 

 color exactly suitable for the position assigned to 

 them ; but you will find, notwithstanding, very 

 great assistance from such a plan as that proposed 

 to you ; and when you have gained by observa- 

 tion a knowledge of the development and dura- 

 tion of your Roses, you will meet with few disap- 

 pointments in its realization. 



On the eve of the show you must have all 

 your boxes, surfaced with moss and sprinkled, set 

 out upon trestles, 3 feet from the ground, in some 

 sheltered corner or garden-shed ; your zinc tubes, 

 in rows upon their miniature, bottle-rack, cheaply 

 made, and having a strong resemblance to the 

 stands on which Boots deposits our fat portman- 

 teau, heaving a thankful sigh ; and upon a small 

 table your box, containing plans of arrangement, 

 cards with names of Roses written upon them, 

 sticks to hold them, a pair of sharp pruning-scis- 

 sors with which to cut your flowers, a pair of 



