THE GARDEN AT HOME 



heart is sometimes saddened at the superior display in 

 a friend's garden, he shall find consolation and more than 

 sufficient compensation in the satisfaction that a deeper 

 knowledge of the flower begets. 



Because one grows many different roses in a com- 

 paratively small space there is no reason why one should 

 mix them up indiscriminately ; even if all the plants of the 

 same variety are kept together, as, of course, they should 

 be, the show of bloom will not be disappointing. But 

 much more than this may be done by a careful com- 

 mingling of the colours, by placing red near white, crimson 

 by yellow, the pinks together, and so on. 



Sometimes one is asked, " Which is your favourite 

 rose ? " But what an impossible question ! One may 

 have a dozen roses, each as warm a favourite as the 

 other, since each may appeal in its own especial way. 

 All roses that one would not willingly be without may be 

 classed as favourites ; the distinction implies that they 

 are in some degree of peculiar value. For instance, I 

 would not care to be dispossessed of Caroline Test out, 

 for though the blooms lack fragrance, there is nothing 

 to compare with the big pink flowers, that, boasting little 

 grace of form, keep the garden gay for weeks and 

 months together. Even their September show is some- 

 times as fine as that of high summer, and in face of this 

 one can forgive a rose everything else. And what a 

 glorious standard Caroline Test out makes, invariably 

 vigorous and free, as, alas ! so many varieties in standard 



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