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gardens we have often seen a few inches of very 

 common poor soil thrown over clay, old bricks, 

 lime rubbish, &c., whereon roses were planted, and 

 grew well the first season, but the following they 

 made barely sufficient wood and foliage to keep 

 them green ; the result was unsatisfactory, and the 

 fault laid to the rose ; whereas the whole fault was 

 in the preparation of the ground. "Any thing that 

 is worth doing at all, is worth doing well/' is a 

 maxim always to be kept in mind in all gardening 

 operations. 



ROSA RUBIGINOSA. 



THE SWEET BIUER. 



THE Eglantine has been the theme of poets and 

 lovers for many centuries. It is to be found in 

 some sort growing wild in many parts of both 

 hemispheres. To the flower there is no special 

 beauty attached, being a very simple looking single 

 pink blossom. Although there may be great beauty 

 in simplicity, yet to admirers of the rose, singleness 

 is at once an objection. The odour emitted by the 

 plant after a shower, or when fresh with the dews 

 of evening and morning, is certainly very grateful, 



