pierced the living support, giving a charm with its graceful Ayrshire 
growth, and superadding a beauty by its blossoms entwined Roses 
amongst the Holly leaves. All the Ayrshire Roses are suitable 
for this purpose, as they have a slender growth which, in 
contrast with the sturdy branches of an evergreen, is pleasing at 
all times of the year. 
It is impossible to mention all the Roses which in their 
turn are pronounced ‘“ My favourite,” for each as it appears in 
full beauty seems more lovely than the last. The true gardener, 
fickle lover that he is, should grow as many as he can find 
space for, that he may wander as the mood will take him, 
here and there from Rose to Rose, and in happy moments of 
imagination feast on a very Nectar and Ambrosia of scent and 
vision, and take his fill of happiness. 
FRANK GALSWORTHY. 
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