Autumn old pink China, the parent of so many beautiful children. In 

 Roses the Garden of Delight where nothing is considered common or 

 unclean, huge bushes of it grow at intervals along the side of 

 the broad walk above the Lily ponds, and make a striking show 

 even when just across the walk rare sub-tropical plants, with 

 Fuchsias, Geraniums, Plumbagos, pink Hydrangeas, and dazzling 

 scarlet Erythrinas are sunk in the velvet turf. Of the newer 

 kinds, Laurette Messimy and Mme. Eugene Resal, no praise 

 can be excessive, for a bed of these mixed with a few of the pink 

 sorts, planted pretty close together, is a never-ending delight. 

 And now that the new climbing Field Marshal, with its large 

 fine flowers of deepest scarlet-crimson, has added a fresh joy, 

 this lovely family is indeed complete. 



Of white Roses many are at their best in the Autumn, 

 such as the faithful Souv. de Malmaison, and two charming 

 Musk Roses, Princesse de Nassau and Fringed Musk. The two 

 double-white Rugosas, Blanc Double de Coubert and the en- 

 chanting Mme. Georges Bruant, which, by the way, is seen to 

 perfection as a standard, both flower freely in Autumn. And 

 among the delicious little dwarf Polyanthas numbers of white, 

 pink, and coppery-yellow seem as if they could never flower 

 enough. 



Though we have not yet found a perpetual Crimson 

 Rambler, Field Marshal, which I have just mentioned, has 

 added a noble rose to our red Autumn climbing Roses, and 

 with Reine Olga de Wurtemburg, Francois Crousse, Ards 

 Rover, Longworth Rambler, and handsome Bardou Job, there 

 need be no lack of strong colour on pillars, arches, or walls. 

 Most of the Noisettes prolong the Rose season right into the 

 Winter, and begin again in April. On the old Jaune Desprez, 



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