20 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES 



unable in most of them to stand upright, and into 

 some to enter at all. That 'bit o' glass' had been, 

 nevertheless, as much a dream, and hope, and happi- 

 ness to its owner as the Crystal Palace to Paxton. 

 How often the very thought and expectation of it 

 had soothed and relieved his weariness as he worked 

 at his stocking-frame ! How the reality had refreshed, 

 refined him, in his brief, bright holiday hours ! There 

 is a timber-yard on the left as you leave Nottingham, 

 travelling upon the Derby road, and therein the 

 framework of a neat miniature greenhouse, tHus 

 described upon a board affixed to it : — 



B. WHEELER'S 

 Five- Guinea Greenhouse, 

 Glazed, Painted, and Fixed, 

 Complete. 



I grieve, when I pass, to think how many a true 

 but poor florist has stopped to read, and sigh. I 

 rejoice, when I pass, to believe that many a poor 

 but brave florist has stopped to read, and has 

 gone home to save — has come, and seen, and 

 conquered. 



A few of the structures, which I was invited to 

 inspect, were of fair dimensions ; here a carpenter, 



