GARDENS OF ROSES 



carmines which are apt to become a bit pronounced 

 in many rose gardens. 



Among other hybrid perpetuals of pink, none are 

 finer than Paul Neyron, with its very double, delicately 

 scented flowers occurring in immense size, the largest, 

 perhaps, of any pink rose. It has graced innumerable 

 rose gardens and has been the cynosure of many eyes 

 at rose shows. It blooms, incidentally, throughout 

 the summer and is always lovely. 



Mrs. R. G. Sharman-Crawford has also held a 

 conspicuous place at rose shows, where to the admira- 

 tion of many it lifted blossoms of deep rose, dwindling 

 in the outer petals to a pale blush. At the base of the 

 petals the color vanishes. There they are pure white. 

 It is, nevertheless, a rose for the simplest garden, even 

 though it has long been conspicuous at great gatherings 

 of the famous. 



Countess of Rosebery reverses the order of the 

 Mrs. R. G. Sharman-Crawford. Its petals are a clear 

 shining pink in the center and darken as they extend 

 outward to a deep rose. It looks almost as if composed 

 of two distinct colors. It is far from being a new rose, 

 but firmly holds its place as one of the most attractive 

 inhabitants of the garden. 



Mrs. John Laing blossoms unusually freely, bearing 

 exquisite pink flowers on long and stout stems, which 

 make them desirable for cutting purposes. The buds, 

 besides, have a charm of their own, being long and 

 inclined to taper almost to a point. 



Madam Gabrielle Luizet is also a pink rose, blended 

 and shaded with faint lavender until it looks to have 



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