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SUMMER 



almost wiped out in the garden, so ' perpetual ' are the new 

 flowers. Roses, as different as roses can be, imitate one 

 another in flowering at seasons the most unnatural. Does 

 any rose so persist in growing and in flowering even when 

 summer is forgotten as Gruss an Teplitz ? It is red ; its 

 flower is rather formless ; it is very fragrant. Racially it is 

 as divergent as may be from its nearest rival in the art 

 of putting out lusty and perpetual flowers. Frau Karl 

 Druschki is pure white when once the bud is open. It has 

 no odour beyond the faintest suspicion of a scent after the 

 sun sets. Its form is the most perfect that any judge in 



search for the ideal ' four point rose ' could ask for. But it 

 expresses its hardiness in defying the seasons, both in the 

 output of flowers and in the sprouting of shoots. It will give 

 you white blooms in December and green buds in February. 

 There are those who come to despise the single brier and the 

 short-lived blooms when they have such variety of gorgeous 

 and solid hues. The Lyon is a vivid bronze, Juliet doubles 

 bronze with the deepest purple red, the depth of colour in 

 Madame Heriot runs over into the leaves, and the yellow 

 Malmaison has the freshness and scent of early spring. But 

 when all is said the garden fellows to the six wild briers of 

 Britain have certain unchallenged beauties. No blaze of 

 colour quite equals the flame of Paul's Carmine Pillar for a 



