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naturally want to try some, if not all, of these dainty 

 and wonderful African flowers next autumn, and you 

 will consult English and many foreign catalogues in 

 vain. But there is a world-famous Dutch house 

 where all may be purchased, rand where their quality 

 shall be found of the very best. From Messrs. Ant. 

 Roozen & Son, Overveen, near Haarlem, Holland, I 

 procure nearly all my Cape plants, and, after trials 

 extending over some years, rejoice to record the 

 splendid character of their goods and the varied riches 

 of their catalogue. It is quite a botanical education 

 to study these pages ; and next to seeing the plants 

 appear in glory of bloom, you shall have no pleasanter 

 horticultural experience than diving into one of their 

 fascinating parcels and handling the roots and plump 

 splendidly ripened corms, tubers, and bulbs which 

 they supply. 



