A GARDEN IN VENICE 



or hedges, are Madame Abel Carriere, Aimee 

 Vibert, Madame Berard (her mother, Gloire de 

 Dijon, grows thick and imperfect flowers), Reine 

 Olga de Wurtemburg, Gloire Lyonnaise, and 

 Celine Forrestier, in full sun, Reve d'Or and 

 William Allen Richardson in half-shade. Shade, 

 that is, from sun, not light. All roses here, as I 

 suppose everywhere, do best in full light, though 

 some cannot resist our sun ; and crave full open 

 air, whilst needing protection from wind. 



Another pull we have in • Venice is that the 

 colour of some roses, said to be doubtful in Eng- 

 land, is in our fine weather immaculate. Our 

 Crimson Rambler, for instance, grows on grafted 

 stock magnificently. The stretch it covers is 

 enormous, the growth astounding, the bloom 

 profuse, and the colour, even to the last, the 

 truest crimson. It must, however, have free air 

 and full sun. Planted in a place ever so little 

 shaded from light and air it grows moderately, 

 the leaves are often yellow, and its colour faulty. 

 Reine Marie Henriette, sometimes reckoned a 

 coarse rose in England, has with us the same 

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