THE GARDEN AT HOME 



with deeper shading in the centre ; Mme. Ravary, pale 

 apricot yellow ; Mrs. G. W. Kershaw, a fine big pink rose 

 of good form ; Viscountess Folkestone, creamy white and 

 pale pink ; Grace Darling, cream and rose, in bloom 

 all the season, though lacking in fragrance and some- 

 what in grace ; all these roses should be in every home 

 garden. 



To complete a selection of two dozen varieties I should 

 add Mme. Hoste, creamy white, and Mme. Antoine Mari, 

 lilac rose and white, two exquisite little Teas that continue 

 blooming until late in the autumn ; the Lyons Rose of 

 fascinating colour shades, chiefly yellow and salmon and 

 rose ; Fisher Holmes, crimson scarlet, one of the best of 

 the dark roses, and giving a few blooms in autumn ; 

 G. C. Waud, rose suffused with orange, a fine showy variety 

 and vigorous ; Frau Karl Druschki, I suppose, one must 

 have, as it is still the best white rose, though none too 

 good after the summer, and the home gardener might 

 very well try Molly Sharman Crawford instead ; Mrs. 

 Theodore Roosevelt, flesh pink, and Lady Ashtown, a 

 lovely pink rose, vigorous and free. My selection of 

 two dozen necessarily leaves out plenty of beautiful roses, 

 but all those named I know to be very attractive and very 

 satisfactory sorts ; that is to say, they not only produce 

 beautiful flowers, but they grow well, and that is a most 

 important point. 



It is difficult to detect much fragrance in many roses 

 of to-day ; numbers are slightly scented, but one cannot 



