GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



Among white hybrid teas, the Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria is of exceptional merit. It is very beautiful, 

 long and full m outline, and deepening in color to lemon 

 yellow at the base of its petals. It has, moreover, 

 a sweet fragrance. Hundreds of people are familiar 

 with this rose in florists' windows who yet are without 

 the knowledge that it will bloom freely in the open 

 garden from June until November. 



Bessie Brown is a symmetrical rose, very deep and 

 full. Its petals are pure cream white, flushed here 

 and there with rose. The bush grows with remarkable 

 vigor, although it is not thought by many to bloom 

 with the freedom of various other hybrid teas. In 

 England it has been much used as a show variety. 



Mildred Grant produces ivory-white flowers, tinted 

 delicately with pink. They are very large and upheld 

 by thick stems. Like Bessie Brown, however, the 

 variety is not particularly free with its blooms, and 

 has also been used more for exhibition purposes than 

 as a popular inhabitant of the garden. 



Yellow roses hold always a charm of their own. 

 A garden could hardly be damaged by an abundance of 

 this color. 



Of late the deep yellow rose, Franz Deegan, has 

 become a favorite. These flowers are not large, but 

 so intense in tone that they almost approach orange. 

 In fact, the type of this rose is very distinct. 



Madame Pernet Ducher, the yellow La France, 

 is known by its medium-sized, canary-colored roses. 

 In the open garden it grows with much of the vigor 

 and grace associated with its parent. 



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