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cultural nomenclature afford him new sources of enjoyment. What an amount of 

 virtue, learning, wit, valour, often congregate on a small plot in the flower-garden ! 

 How proud is the florist of his royal, classical, and social subjects and attendants ! 

 Kings and emperors are surrounded with the good and great of all times his Homers, 

 his Platos, his Aristotles, his peaceful Alexanders and Caesars ! There kings and 

 emperors are placed beside the subverters of dynasties and empires ; there warriors 

 who have indulged in deadly strife exist together in the strictest amity a Charles 

 beside a Cromwell, a Scipio in company with a Hannibal. In "rigid Cincinnatus, 

 nobly poor," he reads a lesson on self-negation and magnanimity ; in Napoleon, how- 

 ever much he may be dazzled by the splendid genius of the man, he cannot but 

 recoil from one who drenched the earth with blood, as he ponders over the futility 



Fig. 47. STANDARD ROSE. 



of human ambition. Then let him contrast the consequences of the tyranny and 

 licentiousness of an Anthony with those arising from the virtues and philanthropy of a 

 Howard : the one through his vices lost a kingdom ; the other, though an humble 

 individual, conferred lasting benefits on thousands of his race, and earned in the work 

 an honoured and imperishable name. 



But we have digressed very far, and must return to the practical part of our 

 subject. With regard to the manner in which Roses should be grown, the habit of 

 the variety may be taken as a guide. The vigorous growers would seem best adapted 

 for Standard (see Fig. 47) or Pillar Roses, unless of slovenly growth, when they are 

 suited only for covering banks or for climbers. 



The kinds of moderate growth look well on Half-Standards. The kinds of 

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