IV 



AMONGST THE ROSES 



When an elaborate history of modern gardening 

 comes to be written, much should be said of the 

 rose, which has brought to our gardens a sweetness 

 of fragrance and beauty of colouring that were 

 denied in a large measure to our forebears. True, 

 there was the quaint little moss rose, the Provence 

 or "old cabbage," as if such perfumed petals 

 deserved so coarse a name ; Celeste, pink as a 

 maiden's cheek ; the dainty Coupe d'H^bd, and the 

 richly coloiu-ed damask. I love these favourites 

 of sweet memory, and the rose lover should plead 

 for their retention, especially those that have been 

 named, and the following: the Moss de Meaux, 

 the Provins, with its quaintly striped forms, Rosa 

 Mundi, and the true York and Lancaster (both 

 striped roses), the double yellow Banksian — a flood 

 of golden glory in early summer, Rosa lucida. Rose 



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