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brier (or Eglantine), Cinnamon Roses, White Scotch 

 Roses, Damask Roses, Blush Roses, Dog Roses (the 

 Canker-bloom of Shakespeare), Black Roses, Bur- 

 gundy Roses, and Moss Roses. The last-named 

 sensitive creatures, so difficult to rear with satisfac- 

 tion in such a climate, found in this Rosery by the 



Cinnamon Roses. 



river-side some exact fitness of soil or surroundings, 

 or perhaps of fostering care, which in spite of the 

 dampness and the constant tendency of all Moss 

 Roses to mildew, made them blossom in unrivalled 

 perfection. I remember their successors, deplored 

 as much inferior to the Roses of 1830, and they 

 were the finest Moss Roses I ever saw blooming in 

 a garden. An amusing saying of some of the village 



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