covered with bloom. It comes into flower first to greet the June, 

 love of June, and it flowers in Autumn to show us it does not Climbing 

 dread the coming of Winter. Roses for 



One side of my home is buried in June in the flowers of ^ e j-[ ouse 

 the Gloire, great branches of Reve d'Or, with its golden tresses 

 and long brown shoots, Longworth Rambler with its wonderful 

 bright rose-pink flowers, and pink China Roses at the base which 

 have wandered up the trellis, envious of the sunshine higher up. 



On my verandah I have masses of " Felicite Perpetue' " 

 " Maids of the Village " I prefer to call it it is a far prettier 

 name. The blossom hangs like great white waves and bends 

 the branches low. Crimson Ramblers mix up with the white, 

 the dashes of crimson colour making the Roses whiter and purer. 

 There is nothing so beautiful in all my garden when the sky is 

 dark blue and the doves are cooing. I am not surprised that 

 the birds choose such a shelter for their nests. 



"... Round ray casement blow 

 Those clustering roses fancy hath baptized 

 Maids-of-the-Village ; and adown they hang, 

 Like to a waterfall you see far off, 

 That foams but moves not." 



Then Fortune's Yellow ? Who would not grow Fortune's 

 Yellow if they could ? It is such a sadly capricious Rose ! I 

 know of two cottages literally covered with it, and the loose 

 untidy flowers are the loveliest blooms in the world. They 

 are yellow with shades of apricot and red and pink, no two 

 blossoms alike in colour or size. You will be told this Rose will 

 only grow on a sheltered south wall, but I have seen it as a 

 Pillar Rose facing east, with great branches covered with gold. 

 The best gardeners in the world fail to make it grow, and then 



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