THE GARDEN AT HOME 



marring contrasts and unpleasant associations are not 

 perceived. He comes away with an impression of rich 

 colour display run riot, a galaxy of bloom, and is filled 

 with wonderment at the accomplishments of Nature and 

 the gardener. 



Think again for one moment of the Rose Dell not far 

 away. Here, too, is a shallow dip in the garden ground, 

 but and at once its charm impresses you the winding 

 path is wide instead of narrow, and it is of grass instead 

 of gravel. Though it is high summer and the roses are 

 in full bloom, there is no such gorgeous canvas outspread 

 as in the Rhododendron Dell. Roses renowned for their 

 striking colour masses are freely represented, but it is 

 not the intense brilliance of the display that makes chief 

 appeal. Rather is one tempted to wander here and 

 there, to linger and make the acquaintance of this and 

 that variety. In short, there is a romance about the rose, 

 a seductive charm about its every blossom, that fascinates 

 the gardener. He who sees in a rose only a glow of colour 

 has yet to learn the secret spell of the queen of flowers. 

 So, in planting our rose garden, let it be within easy 

 step of the house that we may, as the mood takes us, be 

 able at once to lose ourselves among the roses, enjoy 

 their fragrance, and make their intimate acquaintance. 

 Let us not plant even the showiest of them on the distant 

 lawn for the sake of their colour glow in the landscape, 

 for, as I have pointed out, there are other trees and 

 shrubs more suitable, yet possessed of no compelling 



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