VII 

 JULY 



' This too will pass.' Persian Saying. 



JULY 3. The thought of June Roses would 

 have been marred had the grievous blight 

 that fell upon some of them been spoken 

 of at the time. Happily ours, which are 

 affected thus, are few, and the disfigure- 

 ment they suffer, slight compared with the 

 reports from other places. The roses 

 most dear to me have, however, suffered 

 most. The leaves of the Damask roses, 

 filling up that corner of the old south wall, 

 are white with blight ; some of the York 

 and Lancasters the same, and the leaves 

 of some few other kinds are spotted all 

 over with brown. Not one of the Tea 

 roses is touched, nor any of our new 

 roses. Where the green leaves are 



