CHAPTER XVI 



MEMORANDA FOR THE MONTHS 



October. 



I BEGIN with this month, because both he who desires 

 to form, and he who desires to maintain, or extend a 

 Rose-garden, must now make his arrangements for 

 planting in November. Each must decide what Rose- 

 trees and what stocks he will require, and must give 

 his instructions accordingly. The sooner his nursery- 

 man receives the order, the more satisfactorily will it 

 be fulfilled ; a timely communication with his collector 

 of Briers, if he prefers Standards, will enable that 

 Thessalian hero, who 



^ Jumps into the quickset hedge, 

 To scratch out both his eyes,' 



to take a survey of the surrounding fences, and to 



place him first upon his list ; or if, more wisely, he 



desiderates the seedling Brier, or the Brier grown 



from cuttings, and does not grow his own, let him 



apply at once where his wants may be satisfied. The 



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