MY ROSARIUM 
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think I should have had in my rosarium only 
monthlies of either white or red. I can imagine 
that a rose fan made of these two colours might be 
very beautiful from June until October. But there 
might have been unexpected disappointments which 
I am spared by having had so many hardy roses 
given tO' me. 
Those that Mr. Hayden contributed to the fan, 
all of which, he said, were roses of the highest char- 
acter, were red, pink, and white, with one yellow 
rose called Soleil d^Or. This name was very ap- 
pealing. Among the red roses were Ulrich Brun- 
ner, Marshall P. Wilder, Prince Camille de Rohan, 
and Victor Verdier. The pink ones were named 
Mrs. R. G. S. Crawford, Mrs. John Laing, Baron- 
ess Rothschild, Clio, Madame Gabriel Luiget, and 
Paul Neyron. 
The one white rose was called Frau Karl 
Druschki, a name I thought given it by a very 
stupid gardener, although Joseph said it was more 
likely the flower received its name from a very 
clever individual, since it had become celebrated 
for its beauty. In “An Ambitious Boy’s Garden,” 
there is not a word about roses, so I suppose Joseph 
heard this either at Miss Wiseman’s or at Nestly 
Heights. 
I decided to plant the red roses in the middle 
beds of the fan, keeping each kind by itself. The 
white were in the beds on either side, then came 
