GARDENS OF ROSES 



less continuously from early June until the first frosts, 

 and is, therefore, regarded by many seaside dwellers 

 as indispensable for their gardens. Undoubtedly, 

 through June, their more delicate beauty will be over- 

 powered by the gorgeous outbursts from the hybrid 

 perpetuals. Their bloom, nevertheless, is far more 

 continuous, and they are therefore valuable. 



Tea-scented Roses 



About the tea roses there is usually a refreshing, 

 delicate perfume, very distinct in character. Their 

 young shoots, besides, are colored with rich red, golden, 

 or brown, bringing them strongly into contrast with 

 the hybrid perpetuals, which have green wood. In 

 fact, the young leafage of this class of roses gives them 

 a warm, cheerful beauty even before their flowers 

 unfold. Their buds are invariably exquisite. 



There is no doubt that they are lacking in the unvary- 

 ing hardiness of the hybrid perpetuals; still, they are 

 not too tender to be permanent in a seaside garden, 

 many of them being extremely vigorous. They require 

 to be grown in a well-sheltered place and to be covered 

 warmly over the winter. A simple way to preserve 

 them is, in the late autumn, to draw the soil up about 

 them to the height of about ten inches, thus forming 

 little mounds. The spaces about and around them, 

 and in fact the whole bed, should then be spread with 

 a heavy coating of litter. Although the upper, unpro- 

 tected parts of the plants may freeze down to the 

 top of the mounds, the lower wood is safely housed 

 and apt to come through the winter without damage. 



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