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it is said that twenty dollars were frequently given 

 for a single plant. Floriculture has now more 

 patronage, and thousands of admirers, so that the 

 grower can afford to put every article at a very low 

 rate ; indeed many roses, and even the one in ques- 

 tion, can be purchased for as many cents, so that 

 for this trifle every garden in the land may have 

 a rose. Grevillia, or Seven Sisters, was at one 

 period greatly esteemed and admired for its variety 

 of character; although its singularity is still the 

 same, yet its former admirers have transferred their 

 encomiums to other more beautiful sorts. It is a 

 fine grower, producing its flowers in large clusters, 

 not two of which are alike ; opening of every 

 shade, from pure white to deep purple. Indeed 

 this rose has no compeer ; it produces its flowers 

 single, semidouble, and double, and in such variety 

 of shade and colour, that there are rarely two alike. 

 An east or northeast situation suits it best ; other- 

 wise the effect of its variety is greatly diminished 

 by the direct rays of the sun. It requires a dry 

 sheltered spot. Lcture Davoust is the climax of 

 perfection in this family ; with all the aid of the 

 imagination its beauty on a well grown plant can- 

 not be pictured. The flowers are of various shades 

 of colour, from white to a lovely deep pink, perfect 

 in form, the clusters are immense, and produced 

 from almost every eye of the strong wood of the 



