ROSES AND ROSE GARDENS 



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Among rose exhibitors such things may 

 pass, but then the gardens of those who 

 grow roses for exhibition are often an 



of fragrance. However effectually a 

 scentless mass of bloom may apj)eal to 

 the eye it awakens no response in the 



"ROSES THAT CLAMBER AND RAMBLE AND CLIMB." 



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examj^le of the truth of the saying that 

 " rose gardens are not necessarih' gardens 

 of roses." In the rose rich colour and 

 perfect form can never make up for loss 



most acute of all senses, the sense of 

 smell. It compels an appreciation that 

 is born of the lij)S and not of the heart. 

 Alas ! for the rose of which this can be 



