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famous Algernon was not an enthusiastic amateur 

 gardener, or his muse would not have ^ruck such 

 a pessimi^ic ^rain at sight of the garden " in a 

 coign of the cliff." Had he been he would have been 

 moved, like the gentle Cowper perhaps, to a less 

 fatali^ic mood, and probably retired indoors — if he 

 saw his garden in Winter, to dream beside a genial 

 fire and plan for the renaissance of that barren spot 

 " between windward and lee." 



^ For Winter is undoubtedly the time, when the 

 days are short and evenings long, and we have 

 hours a-plenty in which to lay our plans whose 

 perfecfting wait only the coming of the budding 

 season. And the inactive hours in the garden may 

 be made very adtive indoors. 

 ^ During the Winter days it has seemed to me that 

 the many amateurs I met were not only thinking 

 more than anything else of their gardens, but I 

 have yet to find one who has not spoken with 

 enthusiasm and anticipation of all the roses they 

 have planted, how they have protected them, and 

 how anxious they were for the passing of Winter to 

 return to their gardens and roses. 



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