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likely to result from manual fecundation, all 

 practitioners admit that there is a certainty 

 by this method of obtaining a product distinc- 

 tive in character, which is of itself a sufficient 

 inducement to encourage our best efforts in 

 this line. But the truth is, so few crossed 

 roses have been raised, compared to the 

 number from natural selection, that we have 

 learned very little about the successes and 

 failures that have attended the operators in 

 this field of study. Very few of those who 

 have engaged in this work have given us any 

 information that will be of use to those who 

 wish to experiment. It seems to me, the 

 lack of finish and the delicate constitution, 

 averred to belong to varieties raised from 

 artificial crosses, come from bringing together 

 roses of different types, too widely separated 

 in character to blend well. I believe roses 

 belonging to the same type will always cross 

 with good results. Those who wish to prac- 

 tise this art will do well, therefore, to begin 

 with crossing varieties of the same family ; 

 the chapter on Typical Roses, which pre- 

 cedes this, should be carefully perused as 

 bearing on this point. 



In this connection it may be profitable for 

 us to consider briefly the result of Mr. Ben- 

 nett's labors in the hybridization of roses. 



