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Title: The Country gentleman's magazine
Identifier: countrygentleman09lond (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
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Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, S. Marshall & Co
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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Sivcct-svicllino: Floivcrs 207 thing of the sort, for there are a quantity of plants which yield sweet-smelling flowers, and are of the most easy culture; indeed, they may be grown to as great perfection by those possessed of only a small garden, as by those who glory in an extensive horticultural esta- blishment. There are many advantages in cultivating sweet-smelling flowers in a garden. In the first place, it greatly enhances the pleasure ; in the next place, how delightful is a bouquet of these fragrant flowers in the house, especially in the sick room; and Much has been said and sung in praise of the Rose, and by none more pleasantly than by her great champion who presided at the anniversary of the Gardeners' Royal Benevo- lent Society in July of the present year; nevertheless, the theme is never wearisome, but, like the delicate fragrance of the flower, is ever new, ever grateful, ever enjoyable. The most odoriferous, perhaps, of all the varieties we have is still the old Cabbage Rose, and those varieties belonging to the section of Tea-scented. Well do I remember
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roup of Sweet-smelling Flowers. then we are told by scientific men that these plants are great ozone producers, and thus they become great promoters of health. In order, therefore, or with the hope of fostering the taste for such plants, I here offer a few remarks upon the management of a few kinds, so that sweet-smelling flowers may not be confined to the wealthy, possessed of large gardens, but may flourish, and make glad the hearts of villa residents and cot- tagers. At the head 'of any list of sweet-scented plants stands the " queen of flowers," the Rose, and not by courtesy only, but by right. the happy days of boyhood, when in my village home I gambolled amongst my mother's Cabbages, and Cabbage Roses, too, drinking in the delicious fragrance of the latter, and picking caterpillars off the former; but I loved those Roses, and do still, with a love that not all the grand varieties which have been introduced to our gardens can shake or diminish; and though I love these our fine modern Roses, I do yet regret that the old Cabbage Rose is not more extensively grown. The Tea-scented Roses are exquisitely sweet —a little tender in constitution, perhaps, for an amateur or cottager, but these may be

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