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joined hands with a big bush of Manetti ; and 

 in the dawn, when it is too hot to sleep, the 

 sheet of pink blossom is a refreshing sight 

 from one's window. The Manetti was brought 

 me from the Rectory garden by an old friend, 

 who supposed it was one of the Roses my 

 father had planted. And so in fact it was : 

 but then it was only the stock upon which 

 the more precious scion it has killed was 

 budded. However, I am rejoiced to have it ; 

 for its charming foliage and bunches of 

 delicate pink blossoms make it well worth 

 growing for its own sake. Meg Merrilees and 

 several of the pink varieties of those delight- 

 ful Sweet-briars, which will always be a lasting 

 monument to a lifetime of patient work by 

 Lord Penzance, mingled with the dark glossy 

 leaves of Rhododendrons and the green of 

 Furze, Broom, and Hawthorn in the hedge, are 

 good to behold. While the scent of a plant 

 of Lord Penzance, the most fragrant of all 

 the tribe, is so penetrating on damp evenings, 

 that the village neighbours stop in the road 

 outside to enjoy it as a pleasant change from 



