OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN 



The Lyons Rose has burst on us this year in all its 

 splendour, a most successful combination of pink and 

 gold. The sunset glow seems to shine through the 

 petals. 



These efforts at producing new effects are not always 

 successful, some having a very patchy appearance, to our 

 mind. As for the Austrian Briar, Soleil d'Or, it is 

 more like a blood-orange cut in two than anything else, in 

 colour, shape, and pulpy texture. From a distance the 

 bright circles look attractive, but we should recommend 

 it to no one who values delicacy in their blooms. 

 A great success are the Weeping Standards Stella. 

 Though it is their first year, the branches are covered 

 with lovely tinted blossoms / and what is more, these are 

 lasting. Single carmine stars are they, with golden centres 

 and a scent of musk. 



The mistress of the Villino, a foolish and impetuous 

 person, has three times made the same mistake and 

 omitted to ascertain the blooming season of plants which 

 she wished to be in beauty together. So the four Weeping 

 Standards Stella, are considerably in advance of the 

 four Dorothys which alternate with them/ and the 

 standards Soleil d'Or were quite over before the 

 Conrad Meyers appeared in the Lily Walk/ and 

 the contrast of pink and yellow was what had been 

 aimed at ! 



In the same manner she had intended the Garland Roses 

 to foam up in two splendid white pillars at each end of 

 the long length of Dorothy Perkins at the opposite side of 

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