GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



them from interfering with each other and despoiling 

 their individual beauty. The buds that merely showed 

 color, the ones that were half open, and the fully blown 

 flowers all blended indescribably with the spirit of the 

 rose, giving abundant pleasure. In formal gardens, 

 beds of red roses are usually planted with one variety 

 exclusively, that a fine bit of strong brilliant color 

 may be assured, the deep rich shadow of the entire 

 garden. 



Ulrich Brunner is a hardy hybrid perpetual some- 

 times used for this purpose. It is full and gracefully 

 shaped and of brilliant carmine, with high lights of 

 scarlet. This rose, moreover, disposes of the old adage; 

 for Ulrich Brunner is without thorns. 



Prince Camille de Rohan has long been a favorite, 

 hardy, hybrid perpetual with which to form beds or 

 to plant among others of its class. It has great beauty. 

 About its color there is a tinge of maroon not always 

 liked by the hypercritical, since when cut it appears 

 to intensify, especially as the flowers grow old. Still 

 the maroon shadings of Prince Camille de Rohan 

 approach almost to black, which fact altogether robs 

 it of disagreeable effect. It is the darkest colored 

 rose of all and of especially fine, velvet-like texture. 



Madame Charles Wood, one of the best of the scarlet 

 roses, soon loses this dazzling color, passes into crimson, 

 and before it dies is almost suffused with maroon. 

 It is also one of the most generous bloomers of the red, 

 hybrid perpetuals, showing its color two or three times 

 during a season, provided its flowers are cut regularly 

 and the plants pruned in a way to induce the form- 



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