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order to secure the one perfect blossom into 

 which the shoot puts its whole strength. But 

 as I do not exhibit, I leave that part of 

 the question to wiser and more experienced 

 authorities. 



Personally I delight in quantity. It is 

 such a joy to cut and cut, day in and day 

 out. To be able to give a handful of lovely 

 half-open flowers to any one who comes into 

 the garden. To take a big box- full for the 

 town-dwellers whenever one goes to London 

 for the day. In fact, it is an excellent plan 

 to pack a bonnet-box with nothing but Tea 

 Roses ; for then it is impossible to bring it 

 back empty, and to prevent a positively 

 scandalous waste of space one is obliged to 

 fill it with one of Irene's latest creations in 

 hats from Paris. 



Having therefore decided on our intention 

 namely, enjoyment of quantity we may 

 begin practice. Although, as I have said, 

 one cannot lay down a set of immutable 

 rules, one or two general precepts may be 

 taken pretty well for granted. The first is 



