GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



seems strange in connection with a rose. When 

 planted for distant effect, this peculiarity does not 

 matter so much as when the bushes stand in the way of 

 the flower seeker. As a rule the Persian yellow will 

 not bloom well if too closely pruned. 



Naturally, there are other hybrid perpetual roses 

 which possess much merit and extend in numbers 

 fairly in the hundreds. To sing the praises of them all 

 would, indeed, take little short of a lifetime. The few 

 herein mentioned have been included simply because 

 they almost always prove satisfactory when grown in 

 gardens near the sea. 



Moss Roses 



In some nook of the garden, the moss rose bush 

 should stand replete in its gentle beauty. And, once 

 planted, this class of rose becomes as permanent as 

 the flowers of the fields. The white moss, with its 

 delicate blush, is very lovely, also the variety called 

 Princess Adelaide, which holds under its mosslike 

 sepals flowers of veritable rose. The glory of mosses 

 almost hides its pink buds in sepals like dense moss, 

 while the white, sweet flowers of Blanche Moreau are 

 produced in clusters. 



Monthly or Ever-blooming Roses 



When it comes to the so-called ever-blooming 

 roses, including the teas and the hybrid teas, it is 

 again an embarrassment of choice, since their number 

 is large and added to each year through the skill of 

 the rose grower. This class of roses blooms more or 



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