CHOICE OF FLOWERS 



roses any more ? Has our use of the term yellow, 

 as an adjective of contempt, and applied to vul- 

 gar and vicious things, made us afraid of using 

 this joyous color? True, you see magnificent 

 cloth-of-gold roses on the Pacific slope, great 

 vines and bushes of them that bury a cottage 

 out of sight, and Yankeedom clings to its old 

 Persians, but the yellow rose has elsewhere fallen 

 into a neglect that is wholly undeserved. Let us 

 not revolt at a mere name. We are assured, on 

 high authority, that a rose by any other name 

 will smell as sweet. Where the yellow roses 

 bloom, one spot of earth is gay with sunshine. 

 The sun may shine in our north, too ; at least, the 

 growers vouch for the hardiness of the standards 

 and especially commend the Belle Lyonnaise, 

 Harrison's Yellow and the Persian. If you buy 

 them, get such as are " on their own roots" — 

 that is, not grafted — for they are strongest, and 

 flower most plentifully. 



Of late some use has been made of the rosa 

 rugosa, a wild variety from Asia, in parks, hotel 

 lawns and other places where strong vegetation 

 and solid masses of green are needed. A bush 

 of it is not a bad centerpiece for the little gar- 

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