Frovi a photograph by Peter Bisset 



THE ROSE GARDEN 



Washington is famous for its flowers. They hold a high carnival that begins before winter has 

 turned to spring in the calendar and ends after autumn gives room to winter. The jonquil and the crocus 

 and the tulip come to its inauguration; in their train follow the multi-hued hyacinth, the blushing violet, 

 the saucy pansy; as summer approaches its zenith all the "warm-blooded" flowers in the catalogue come 

 and dance attendance to the rose; and with the autumn come and go the stately chrysanthemum, the 

 rich-robed dahlia, the hardy cosmos and the gold-tinted aster. 



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