
| wa bith we Sibyecl i. hie emery lle Tease 
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Roses of esterday 
“To have in our garden the very rose of which Petrarch or 
Chaucer wrote, or one which Botticelli painted so lovingly, will, 
to most of us, lend an added glow of beauty. 
—OLpD GARDEN RoseEs, Epwarp A. BUNYARD 
Among the large number of roses which are still with us down 
| through the ages, are many which have survived, not alone because 
of association, history, and sentiment, but because they are worthy 
| competitors of the newer creations in beauty and garden enjoyment. 
These we shall continue to grow. To the others, some old friends, 
alas, we must bid a reluctant and appreciative farewell, leaving their 
preservation to the collector and connoisseur. 
We are indebted to Mrs. Keays, in “Old Roses” for the following 
bit of wisdom and sentiment,— 
modern roses any more than are iris, peonies, cotoneasters or snow- 
balls. They are different; their uses are different; their garden habits 
serve different ends. Pleasure in them is different . . .We perceive 
scents unknown before or long forgotten. Nothing awakens associ- 
| “Old roses, from any source they come, are not competing with 
ations more than odor. The old-timey perfume of the Centifolia, the 
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