HOW TO SHOW THE ROSE 



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compliment the rider of a distanced horse upon the 

 plaiting of that horse's mane. It was a panegyric as 

 glorious as that which Artemus Ward paid to his 

 regiment, composed exclusively of commanders-in- 

 chief: ' What we particly excel in is resting muskits — 

 we can rest muskits with anybody/ 



The Rose, when cut, is at- 

 tached by a thin wire to a 

 strong but pliable support of 

 zinc, part of which is so curved 

 as to enable the exhibitor to 

 raise or depress the flower. On 

 the upper part of the tube, 

 before inserting it, write the 

 name upon a card in the ring, 

 affixed, in the lower part, filled 

 with pure rain water, fresh 

 from the cistern. These im- 

 portant auxiliaries are de- 

 lineated herewith in accurate 

 similarity, and these tubes not 

 only facilitate the arrangement 

 of the flower, but they retain 

 the water when rough railway porters forget their 

 gradients. They may be had from the inventor, Mr. 

 Foster of Ashford, Kent. 



The carelessness of porters reminds me to add, that 



