House and Garden 
be gladdened by the sight of the flowers, 
which remind them of the blossoms in their 
old cottage homes. 
The old favorite roses which you find in 
these gardens are the Sweet Briar, the Cab¬ 
bage, the York and Lancaster, the Moss, the 
olci White Damask, the double white, brother 
of the pretty pink Maiden’s Blush. But 
some cottagers are more ambitious, and ob¬ 
tain cuttings of many varieties of modern 
rose-trees, and hybrids and teas now flour¬ 
ish in the peasant’s border as in the lord’s 
rosarium. The love of this flower is indeed 
the “ one touch of nature which makes the 
whole world kin.” 
Cottage gardens preserve the tradition of 
the outdoor culture of the vine which in old 
days flourished throughout England. Not 
a few of the monasteries had their vineyards. 
At Abingdon there is a street called the 
Vineyard, which preserves the memory of 
the site where the monks of that famous 
A VINE-CLAD GATEWAY 
A VINE-BEDECKED COTTAGE AT FRESHWATER 
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