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at Windsor, and from peer to peasant, millionaire to mechanic, she reigns 

 in loving hearts. 



Hewers of wood and drawers of water grow Roses in perfection as well 

 as the lord of the forest and the lady of the lake. She is as bountiful as 

 beautiful, and no other flower competes with her in abundance or endur- 

 ance. Easily forced under glass, we have Roses al fresco from May to 

 December. I have been credibly informed that on more than one occa- 

 sion at Christmastide the royal table at Sandringham has been decorated 

 with the Rose of which I have spoken, ' Hermosa,' gathered in the open 

 ground. And where shall we find such variety in form, from 1 Perle d'Or ' 

 to 'Paul Neron,' ' Cecile ' to ' Ulrich Brunner,' ' Aglaia ' to ' Marechal 

 Niel,' or in colour from 1 Niphetos ' to ' Prince Camille de Rohan ' ? 



You will forgive my enthusiasm. I could not say less, and 1 must not 

 now say more, because we are met, not for 



Mere verbiage, the tinsel clink 

 Of compliment, 



for eulogies and admirations of our queen, but that we may extend her 

 dominions and offer her a more intelligent and worthy service. We have 

 before us a programme for which we have again to thank the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, and which seems to be exhaustive, on those subjects 

 which are most deeply interesting to us who love the Rose, and they give 

 us information from those experts who are most capable of instructing us 

 on the genealogy, the habits, and successful culture of the flower. 

 You have the list before you, and I need hardly remind you that it includes 

 the names of these rosarians who have been our chief benefactors in the 

 introduction of new Roses and in their cultivation under glass and in the 

 garden. I must no longer detain you. As Chaplain-in-Ordinary to our 

 Queen I have said grace before meat. Let us enjoy the feast. " May 

 good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both." 



