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on long ^iff ^ems. It possesses the desirable long 

 bud and a delicious fragrance. 

 ^ The sun was burning hot, the awning had been 

 placed at eleven o'clock and was to be removed at 

 about four, just the work of a few minutes for it 

 had collapsible iron supports (painted green) , hold- 

 ing it firmly in position. 



^ The bed was one having nearly all-day sunshine 

 and the roses in the other beds looked as if they 

 coveted the charming shelter of Mrs. Charles Rus- 

 sell. And under this wise protecftion how superb 

 she was! Such a di^inguished rose, which needs 

 less sunshine than others of similar color. An ex- 

 ample is George Dickson, deeper in tone but in a 

 day he bleaches to pinky-magenta. 

 ^ In this same rose garden there were four beds 

 of Mrs. Aaron Ward growing through a carpet 

 of blue forget-me-nots, not a thick, matted, mass 

 of them, no, not at all, for although the soil was 

 not visible, the effedt was open and free. The coppery 

 gold blooms of Mrs. Aaron Ward were very beau- 

 tiful, with the exquisite blue of the forget-me-nots, 

 Palustris Semperflorens. The roses were cut at the 



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