GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



At many seaside homes, where the gardens are 

 well provided with wind-breaks, I have seen tea roses 

 of much hardiness and indescribable loveliness, bloom- 

 ing each month from June until November, casting 

 abroad their piquant sweet scent. They appeared to 

 like the moist closeness of the sea. 



As soon as the red roses are settled in a garden, 

 it becomes less difficult to place those of pink, of 

 white, and of yellow; for red is invariably wayward 

 and cannot be treated with a lack of considera- 

 tion. 



Freiherr von Marschall, while not a new rose, 

 has still few rivals in the red, tea-scented class. The 

 beauty of the flowers is abetted by the foliage, which 

 is tinged brightly with wine color, giving vivacity to 

 the whole bush. 



Among the group of Maman Cochet roses there is 

 one of red which has the hardy characteristics of its 

 near relatives, and the ability to accommodate itself 

 to almost any soil and climate. 



The Souvenir de J. B. Guillot produces roses of 

 nasturtium red, very bright and unusual. Frangois 

 Dubreuil constantly sends out deep crimson flowers 

 and is notably hardy. 



Pink roses of the tea-scented class are even more 

 numerous than those of red. Among them the brides- 

 maid is well known, not only, as some people imagine, 

 for the purpose of carrying at weddings, but also for 

 the garden. It is a sport from the much-beloved old 

 rose, Catherine Mermet, which should on no account 

 be omitted from the planting of the garden because 



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