NOVEMBER 191 



moment they appeared. We have had 

 bowls full of my favourite china roses, 

 both pink and crimson. 



NOVEMBER 30* 1893. Last summer 

 our roses did well, although some other 

 gardens told a different story. A new 

 long border was cleared and planted with 

 a great many of the best new roses : very 

 choice and wholly uninteresting. For that 

 new border I had been very anxious to 

 procure what some one just returned from 

 New York, described as 'Jack roses.' I 

 was told they were of a fine crimson red 

 and very profuse bloomers. But these 

 turned out to be nothing but the well- 

 known old General Jackminot, which with 

 the usual love for abbreviation in the 

 United States has come to be simply 

 1 Jack.' The disappointment was soon for- 

 gotten in the many rose treasures we have 

 since possessed. Socrates, a lovely rose that 

 hated the border is removed to the green- 

 house, where is a healthy Camellia Rose, 

 making vigorous shoots both long and 

 strong. It takes a very large flower pot 



