Roses of Yesterday 
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diameter.' There were two varieties : the one my 
cousin called Little Burgundy had clear dark red 
blossoms ; the other, white with pink centres. Both- 
were low-growing, small bushes with small leaves. 
They are practically vanished Roses — -wholly out 
of cultivation. 
We had other tiny roses; one was a lovely little 
Rose creature called a Fairy Rose. I haven't seen 
one for years. As I recall them, the Rose plants 
were never a foot in height, and had dainty little 
flower rosettes from a quarter to half an inch in 
diameter set in thick clusters. But the recalled 
dimensions of youth vary so when seen actually in 
the cold light of to-day that perhaps I am wrong in 
my description. This was also called a Pony Rose. 
This Fairy Rose was not the Polyantha which also 
has forty or fifty little roses in a cluster. The single 
Polyantha Rose looks much like its cousin, the 
Blackberry blossom. 
Another small Rose was the Garland Rose. This 
was deemed extremely elegant, and rightfully so. 
It has great corymbs of tiny white blossoms with 
tight little buff* buds squeezing out among the open 
Roses. 
Another old favorite was the Rose of Four Sea- 
sons — known also by its French name, Rose de 
Quartre Saisons — which had occasional blooms 
throughout the summer. It may have been the 
foundation of our Hybrid Perpetual Roses. The 
Bourbon Roses were vastly modish ; their round 
smooth petals and oval leaves easily distinguish them 
from other varieties. 
