1 86 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



are but poor travellers, becoming restless in hot summer 

 nights, and throwing off their petals, as feverish dreamers 

 their counterpane and blanket and sheet 



Intermediate between these light and dark varieties — 

 neither blondes nor brunettes, Minnas nor Brendas — and 

 in place of the blush and pink Roses which bloomed in our 

 gardens together with those I have described, such as '' the 

 Celestial," the blush Boursault, and others, — I commend 

 for the general ornamentation of the Rose-garden all the 

 Pillar Roses described at p. 154-156, especially Blairii 2, 

 Charles Lawson, Coupe d'Hebe, Juno, and Paul Perras. 

 Low on bushes, high on poles, or midway on the Brier, 

 these Roses are alike effective, charming. To these I 

 would add La Ville de Bruxelles, having bright pink 

 flowers of a compact form, and so complete my selection 

 of .summer Roses for the general collection. 



" Wait a moment," it may be said ; " do you mean to tell 

 us that such Roses as Blairii 2 and Charles Lawson are only 

 garden Roses, and not good enough for exhibition ? " Yes, 

 I do mean to tell you that it is with these Roses as with 

 those which we discussed before them. If you could bring 

 the British public to them, they would be rewarded with 

 the highest distinctions, but the process of conveying them 



