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summer and autumn, which (the older branches being 

 removed) will be pegged down in the following 

 spring ; and so we shall have annually a continuous 

 renovation. It is difficult to deflect some of sturdy 

 growth, such as the Baroness Rothschild ; but he 

 will touch tenderly who loves truly, and his unhappy 

 fractures will be few. In two years these beds 

 will be densely covered with flowers and foliage ; 

 and the contrasted beauty of La France and 

 Lefebvre, Marie Finger and Marie Beauman, Mer- 

 veille de Lyons and Louis Van Houtte, Mrs. 

 Marguerite Dickson and Xavier Olibo, Duke of 

 Wellington and Madame Gabriel Luizet, will dazzle 

 the eye and bewilder the brain of the fondest of all 

 lovers — of him who loves the Rose. 



This method of growing Roses might be amplified 

 to any extent by those who had the desire and the 

 means, beds being planted not only with mixed 

 varieties for contrast, but with a dozen or score plants 

 of the same Rose. Were these tastefully arranged 

 and carefully tended, we should have a Rose-garden 

 as attractive to the general visitor as it would be 

 interesting to the student, and convenient to the 

 exhibitor of Roses ; but this process is tedious, requir- 

 ing a constant supervision ; and, where there is not 

 time for a watchful and frequent manipulation, it will 

 be wiser to abstain from the system of pegging, and 



