CHAPTER IX 



SELECTION — {continued) 



Descending now from roseate heights, and ere 

 we reach the perfumed plains below, we must 

 halt to gaze upon our 



Pillar Roses, 



some rising singly here and there, like the proud 

 standards of victorious troops; some meeting in 

 graceful conjunction, saluting each other like our 

 , forefathers and foremothers in the stately minuet 

 — bowing themselves like tall and supple cavaliers, 

 into arches of courtesy, with keystones of cocked 

 hats. In both phases these Pillar Roses are beautiful 

 additions to the Rosarium, enabling us, like the 

 Rose-mounds previously commended, to enliven, 

 with a pleasing diversity, that level which is 

 described as dead. But with reference to the first, 

 I must offer to amateurs a respectful caution — that 

 to grow single specimens in isolated positions, 

 where they will invite, and ought to satisfy, special 



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