AND FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTORY. 37 
In the cultivation of the Rose we experience an exquisite pleas- 
ure. It is a sense of the beautiful;—a faculty of the soul which is 
awakened. We perceive in her colors, forms, and delightful 
odors, the harmony of Nature. <‘‘They recall the past and fore- 
shadow the future; and if their fading hues and scattered petals 
tell of blighted hope and departed joys of early life, so do their 
busting seeds and fresh shoots whisper of a future, which shall 
restore in fresh beauty and unfading verdue the loved, the cher- 
ished, and the lost.” Let us then endeavor to carefully preserve, 
and if possible augment, the number of these sublime and har- 
monious gifts of Nature, for they largely contribute to the comfort 
of man. The rose should have a place in every garden, and may 
be propagated from seed, cuttings, budding, grafting, and layer- 
ing. These various methods will be found described under their 
respective heads. 
GROWING ROSES FROM SEED. 
This is one of the most interesting methods of propagating the 
Queen of Flora. Each of the other modes, hereinafter described, 
may excite the admiration of the Amateur, and, when successful, 
amply reward him for his labor; but, should he be fortunate in a 
single instance in his experiments in this particular and interest- 
ing branch of practical Floriculture, he will be more than compen- 
sated for his efforts by the pleasure which he will then enjoy, and 
be enabled to impart to the admirers of Flora, in beholding the 
new and beautiful tints which Nature, assisted by Art, has im- 
planted in and around the object of his care and attention. 
A large field is here opened to the Amateur, and should the 
author be instrumental in inducing any to enter it, he trusts that 
they may have their labors rewarded with success, and be enabled 
to enjoy the same pleasure which he experienced when beholding 
the success of some of his first experiments in this interesting and 
beautiful branch of Floriculture. 
