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obtain considerable advancement. In France, 

 new varieties are brought into rapid circulation 

 at a very low price, solely by the diligence of 

 gardeners ; Vandael of Vangirard, for instance, 

 produces annually from slips, in a very small 

 forcing-hou^e, fifty thousand plants of fine vari- 

 eties. In England, a new rose remains for years 

 a rarity. Our cottage and farm gardens ad- 

 here almost exclusively to the Cabbage Rose, 

 Damask, and Maiden's Blush; although the 

 beautiful novelties of France (such as the 

 Maria Leonida and Macrophylla Plena) may 

 be purchased in France for about the value of 

 sixpence. This difference is, probably, in some 

 measure attributable to advantages of climate. 



C. F. G. 



