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might be obtained all through the winter, and if, as 

 soon as one crop of bloom was over, the tree was 

 carefully and judiciously cut, a fresh crop could be 

 got in from six weeks to two months. 



There are several roses which are to be found in 

 most of the gardens to which I could never put 

 a name : one in particular I can recall, with a 

 beautiful clear, bright pink blossom, touched with 

 a deeper red on the back of the petals, which 

 I frequently admired and endeavoured to get 

 correctly named ; but no one knew its name, and 

 at last a friend said : " Why worry about its name ? 

 We just call it * The most beautiful rose that 

 grows ' " and it seemed indeed a good name for it. 



