52 THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Other beautiful old summer roses are the maiden's 

 blush, the Portland rose, the rose unique, and the 

 rose Celeste. But no rose, taking all the good 

 qualities of a rose together, its hardiness, free 

 blooming, beauty, and scent, will surpass the 

 Gloire de Dijon, though the golden cups of 

 Marshal Niel may be richer in colour, and the 

 fragrance of La France recalls, as no other rose 

 does, the luscious fragrance of Oriental otto of 

 roses. 



And now, instead of ordinary bedding-out, let 

 me suggest some garden-beds which are far more 

 effective. One is a bed of Lilium auratum, with 

 heliotrope to fill up the spaces. Another is 

 Agapanthus umbellatus, surrounded by Lobelia 

 cardinalis. Then there should be beds of cannas, 

 of gladiolus, of Clematis Jackmanni trained over 

 withies, of zinnias, of the new hybrid begonias, 

 and of asters. Somewhere room should be found 

 for a border of everlastings, and somewhere for a 

 row of the large red linum. One border may be 

 given up to annuals, and it is no bad plan to mix 

 the seeds of some twenty varieties, and let them 



