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rescue autumnal buds, by shelter, from perishing, and 

 may enjoy the luxury of roses all the year round ; not, as 

 with Banunculuses so treated, by a constant repetition of 

 the same thing over and over again, but by bringing for- 

 ward, in their natural order, a diversity of plants which 

 have a tendency to bloom at different seasons. The 

 sight of a well-kept Bosary in spring, summer, autumn, 

 and winter, will convince you that the above remarks are 

 founded on truth. Supposing that you consult the 

 Gardener's Chronicle, and that you run your eye through 

 the advertisements there, you will have met with several 

 pressing invitations to visit, during their season, sundry 

 fine collections of roses, all unrivalled ; — none but them- 

 selves can be their parallel ; — all in full bloom, and likely 

 to continue so, till November comes to draggle their 

 petals and scatter their leaves. Reversing the celebrated 

 advice to persons about to marry — " Don't!" — I will 

 take the liberty, when a Bose-hunt is talked of, of 

 urgently insisting — "Do, do!" And do it fairly, with- 

 out favour or partiality ; go and see all the rose-gardens, 

 or as many of them as you can possibly visit. Live on 

 bread and water for a week, and work double tides, 

 rather than fail to pay your court to the Queen of 

 the Bourbons, and The Queen, surrounded by their 

 ladies of honour. It is worth while putting oneself a 

 little out of one's way to inhale the perfumed breath and 

 to gaze upon the blushing though highly-rouged cheeks 

 of Madame Laffay, Madame Desprez, Lady Alice Peel, 

 and the Duchess of Sutherland, and to be interested by 

 the tenderer, paler complexions of the Duchess of Orleans 

 and Mrs. Bosanquet. The Souvenir of Malmaison will 

 make you sigh with an emotion in which pleasure pre- 

 dominates over painful recollections. Then, there are 

 little round-faced pupils, to whom you might wish for an 

 introduction, but who are still in their nursery — they 

 have not yet come out. Some of these, if you treat them 

 well, will supply you with bouquets nearly all the year 

 round. But, leaving their budding innocence in retire- 

 ment for the present, start as soon as you can in search 



