Roses of Yesterday 467 



diameter. There were two varieties : the one my 

 cousin called Little Burgundy had clear dark red 

 blossoms ; the other, white with pink centres. Both 

 were low-growing, small bushes with small leaves. 

 They are practically vanished Roses — wholly out 

 of cultivation. 



We had other tiny roses ; one was a lovely little 

 Rose creature called a Fairy Rose. I haven't seen 

 one for years. As I recall them, the Rose plants 

 were never a foot in height, and had dainty little 

 flower rosettes from a quarter to half an inch in 

 diameter set in thick clusters. But the recalled 

 dimensions of youth vary so when seen actually in 

 the cold light of to-day that perhaps I am wrong in 

 my description. This was also called a Pony Rose. 

 This Fairy Rose was not the Polyantha which also 

 has forty or fifty little roses in a cluster. The single 

 Polyantha Rose looks much like its cousin, the 

 Blackberry blossom. 



Another small Rose was the Garland Rose. This 

 was deemed extremely elegant, and rightfully so. 

 It has great corymbs of tiny white blossoms with 

 tight little buff buds squeezing out among the open 

 Roses. 



Another old favorite was the Rose of Four Sea- 

 sons — known also by its French name, Rose de 

 ghiartre Saisons — which had occasional blooms 

 throughout the summer. It may have been the 

 foundation of our Hybrid Perpetual Roses. The 

 Bourbon Roses were vastly modish ; their round 

 smooth petals and oval leaves easily distinguish them 

 from other varieties. 



