THE ROSE GARDEN 161 



And your great soft, pink flowers are as 

 fragrant, with the delicious rose-sweetness of 

 all the Roses of the poets, as they are 

 beautiful. 



As a further protection, to the Tea Roses, 

 the Hybrid Perpetuals were also moved ; and 

 their old beds, between the house and the 

 new Tea Rose beds, planted with a dozen 

 choice Rhododendrons shaded from deepest 

 crimson to white, which already help to break 

 the wind ; while a row of the new China 

 Roses, Madame Eugene Resal and Laurette 

 Messimy, at the back, and another of the 

 little dwarf Polyantha Roses in front, keep 

 the borders bright when the Rhododendrons 

 are out of bloom. It is surprising that these 

 charming little Roses are not more generally 

 grown as an edging to others ; for they are 

 perfectly hardy, and are covered with neat 

 miniature flowers white, yellow, pink, orange, 

 and crimson borne in corymbs at the end 

 of every shoot, from May to November. 



In the Garden of Delight, great use is made 

 of the old-fashioned Summer Roses. In early 



