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ways and very sweetly scented was most 

 striking. Others of great beauty among the 

 half-standards were Duke of Teck, Victor Verdier^ 

 Mrs. Sharman Crawford, Horace Vernet, Louis van 

 Houtte, ridlal, Xavier Olibo, Viscountess Folke- 

 stone. But it is impossible to pick out more than 

 a tithe among the wealth of colour, form, and 

 fragrance of these wondrous Roses. And I 

 was so absorbed in looking at the marvels 

 growing at my feet, that I had spent a full 

 hour in the garden before I happened to 

 lift my eyes to a blaze of Ards Rover on 

 the trellis fence inside the eastern hedge 

 along the road. When lo ! over the vivid 

 crimson of the flowers, rose the glorious 

 mass of the Round Tower and Windsor 

 Castle a mile away, bathed in brilliant sunshine 

 against the blue sky. And even Roses were 

 forgotten in the proud memories that stirred 

 one's heart. 



