will be found in renewing it owing to the tangled mass of Rose Sinica 
growth. Anemone 
There is a lovely Rose, quite single, which has appeared of and Purple 
late years and which is by now well known, called Sinica Pact 
Anemone. It is of an exceptionally beautiful pink, free 
flowering, and quite early. Being very distinct it should be 
“grown away from other climbers if possible. It is quite hardy 
here in Surrey, although some have said it requires a wall. I 
have it growing up a pole which stands out by itself without 
any protection whatever, and it has come triumphantly through 
a severe winter. The leaves are a dark green with a smooth 
shiny surface, and have remained on my plant all the winter, 
so that it may be considered evergreen. It is one of those 
lovely pinks which harmonize so well with the mauve of Iris 
Paltda, and these are in bloom at the same moment. 
There are many Roses which look so much more enchanting 
when grown away from others, their colouring being such that 
unless carefully placed it will call forth the unpleasant remarks 
which are occasionally indulged in by visitors to one’s garden: 
“What a hideous colour!” ‘That is a colour which should be 
exterminated from the face of the earth,” etc. etc These folk 
forget, or perhaps do not know, that all colours are beautiful 
when placed in harmony with their surroundings. The tint of 
Purple East is one of these, for it has an almost magenta shade 
when fully out, which clashes unpleasantly to its disadvantage, 
with such vivid reds as Paul’s Carmine Pillar, Griiss an Teplitz, 
Reine Olga de Wurtenburg, etc. And yet Purple East is a 
Rose which, when properly used, is so beautiful that I could 
almost declare it to be the favourite Rose of my garden. It has 
a distinct purple colour turning to a soft lavender tint as the 
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