CHAPTEE XII 



MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 



On looking over a good collection of Eoses a keen 

 observer, even if he be unlearned in their culture, 

 cannot fail to be struck with the difference observ- 

 able in what is called the " habit " of each sort, for 

 there is almost endless variety in wood, leaves, 

 thorns, strength, and manner of growth, apart from 

 the blooms themselves. He would also probably 

 notice a good many of what he would call "red" 

 Eoses, very much alike to his untrained eyes in 

 general appearance, and he might wonder how they 

 could be all distinguished apart. But as a good 

 shepherd can tell every member of a large flock of 

 sheep by a diligent study of their faces, and an 

 English apple, or even apple-tree without its leaves, 

 can be correctly named by some clever pomologists, 

 so a fairly representative bloom of any Eose can be 

 distinguished by a thoroughly expert Eosarian. 



Descriptions of the different varieties are to be 

 found in the catalogues issued by nurserymen, and 

 many of these are now fairly full and accurate. 

 The colour, naturally enough, occupies the principal 

 part of the descriptions ; but the different shades, 



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