. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . oses 353 our beautiful great pink Bourbon Rose what I fan-cied in childhood was spelled Apple-een. I nowknow it was Appoline, a Rose introduced here in1848. Our Bordeaux Rose was much like theBurgundy, save that the latter was smaller and darkred, while the Bordeaux was pink. I have foundin Redoute a perfectrepresentation of thisBordeaux Rose. Re-doute says it differslittle in general shapefrom, and often in richearth will grow as largeas, the Hundred-leavedRose. I
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . oses 353 our beautiful great pink Bourbon Rose what I fan-cied in childhood was spelled Apple-een. I nowknow it was Appoline, a Rose introduced here in1848. Our Bordeaux Rose was much like theBurgundy, save that the latter was smaller and darkred, while the Bordeaux was pink. I have foundin Redoute a perfectrepresentation of thisBordeaux Rose. Re-doute says it differslittle in general shapefrom, and often in richearth will grow as largeas, the Hundred-leavedRose. I have given on page354 a reproduction ofRedoutes drawing ofthe Burgundy cannot give his beau-tiful coloring, alas!which is peculiarlyhappy in this case, giv-ing the exact tint ofclear redness. Wecalled it the Little Burgundy, and the name alwaysseemed to me so appropriate for a Rose of thatcolor; while another Burgundy of our garden —white with a beautiful pink centre — should havehad another name. It did have, in fact; it wasthe Pomponia Tudor, while our Little Burgundywas the Pomponia Burgundiaca. The white Bur-. Bourbon Rose from Redoute. 2 A 354 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday gundy changed color very decidedly in the courseof its bloom. All the petals were pink and theedges and outside petals turned white as they opened. Redoute givesthe color of the LittleBurgundy as a rouge-pourpre fonce^^ which isa very good descrip-tion. He says it shouldbe cut immediately afterflowering; and I recalldistinctly that we alwayscut the withered beautiful Bengalor China Roses I neverknew in our garden savein one form, the tinyFairy or Pony has ever been tome one of the fully sat-isfying and more thansatisfying things of theold-time garden. Someever find beauty in vastness; they prefer ample extentand forms in all things ; they love large, full have ever inclined to love beauty in miniature, finestlace and drawings, bits of carving in coral and ivory
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