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colour but small. Harrison's Yellow bears a me- 

 dium size semi-double flower and blooms much 

 freer than Persian. It makes an attractive-looking 

 bush but should riot be placed in the garden, rather 

 on some distant spot where it may be seen and 

 not heard, for its fair flowers cry to Heaven. If 

 you should by some untoward accident pluck one 

 of the rather tempting, golden blossoms, and in- 

 vestigate it with your nose, it will seem to you as 

 if all the insects in the garden had crawled into 

 it and died. 



There were many Summer Roses grown in the 

 New England yards that have disappeared entirely 

 from present-day gardens. The old yards were 

 overrun with Roses, running, climbing, standing, 

 reclining, and creeping over everything; in June 

 the dooryards must have presented a carnival ap- 

 pearance. When they began to wane, however, 

 the garden lost its interest to a great extent, for 

 these old Summer Roses rarely bloomed more than 

 once in a season. And what a beautiful time the 

 bugs must have had! To-day, the Hardy Perpet- 

 uals and the Teas, and the modern Climbers have 

 taken their places. The English SWEETBRIAR (eg- 



