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appears equally as unconscious of drought and heat as of floods and 

 storms. For year after year, without fail, it produces many thousands of 

 snow-white blooms, which, while they last, form the crowning beauty of 

 my garden. 



And yet it is stated that the blooms staged at our English Rose shows 



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gathered from the half-hardy shrubs I have mentioned, are unsurpassed 

 in size, perfection of form or colour, by any Hoses the world can pro- 

 duce elsewhere. If this be true, as I believe it to be, surely the greatest 

 credit is undoubtedly due to our British rosarians, when we consider that 

 we have here a somewhat delicate plant coming to perfection out of 

 doors in u, climate to all appearance only able to satisfy one of its require- 



