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than in a tree luxuriantly laden with flowers, whose 

 petals are less symmetrically disposed — if, like young 

 Norval, he has heard of battles and longs to win his 

 spurs — then must these latter lusty, trusty, valiant 

 pioneers make way for the vanguard of his fighting 

 troops. Let him not disband them hastily. If, 

 surveying the Roses of these two divisions, and 

 having grown them all, I were asked whether I 

 should prefer a Rose-garden laid out and planted 

 for its general beauty — for its inclusiveness of all 

 varieties of special interest — or a collection brought 

 together and disposed solely for the production of 

 prize flowers — whether I would live by Brienz or by 

 Thun, — I hardly know what would be my answer. 

 Let the amateur begin with a selection from both, 

 and then let him make his choice. A choice, if 

 he is worthy of that name, he will have to make, 

 as increase of appetite grows with that it feeds on, 

 and demands new ground to be broken up for 

 its sustenance. To have both a beautiful Rose- 

 garden and a garden of beautiful Roses, requires 

 the KrjTTLa ttXovtov^ the 



Magnos Senecse praedivitis hortos, 



the ground and the gold, which few can spare. They 

 who can — who have both the desire and the means, 

 the enthusiasm and the exchequer — should have 



