Temperature Resting. 155 



under glass. Their system of cultivation does not differ essentially from that which 

 we have described. Large quantities of Roses are, however, now poured into the 

 market from this source and from abroad in winter and spring, before or after the 

 Roses here are in bloom out-of-doors, and they no longer realise the almost fabulous 

 prices which have been heard of in the past.* 



* I once paid I2s. per dozen in Covent Garden Market for red Rose blooms to meet the requirements of a 

 valued friend. 



