1 8 8 GA RDENING BY M YSELF. 



For tnose whose garden-room — and some 

 other things too — is Hmited, it is very im- 

 portant to have especially those flowers 

 that bloom all the time. In a great place, if 

 a whole flower bed is out of bloom you hard- 

 ly notice it, for the many that are in. But 

 with us it is not so. Notice, therefore, as 

 the season flies along, what blossoms ac- 

 company it, what others are scattered in its 

 flight. Not everything will bear the frosts 

 and cool winds even of October, and those 

 that do are very precious. 



First here, as elsewhere, come the roses — 

 small Washingtons in their way, and every- 

 where taking the lead ; in sunshine, in cloud, 

 in loving favour. Yet not all the roses. Lu- 

 dovic Careaii has long been flowerless, and Pio 

 Nono shows not even a bud, and Camille de 

 Rohmi reserves its brilliance for the glow of 

 summer days. But just look at my perpet- 

 ual moss Salet. Two or three exquisite 

 full-bloom ro^es, as pink as June and almost 

 as sweet, with large scattered buds here 

 and there, as yet muffled in their mossy 



