. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Little Burgundy Rose. Redoute. Our Grandmothers Roses 355 Cherry, an English Daisy; and in Roses this FairyRose, and the Dwarf Burgundy Rose, the WhitePet, and the Banksias. I am sensible of someattraction, some drawing, toward these Fairy Roseswhich I can scarcely explain. They are not appeal-ing through their tiny size nor have they any chng-ing frailty ; theyare compact, vig-orous, whole-some ; they havesuch a confidentand cheerful ex-pression; theythereby assum
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Little Burgundy Rose. Redoute. Our Grandmothers Roses 355 Cherry, an English Daisy; and in Roses this FairyRose, and the Dwarf Burgundy Rose, the WhitePet, and the Banksias. I am sensible of someattraction, some drawing, toward these Fairy Roseswhich I can scarcely explain. They are not appeal-ing through their tiny size nor have they any chng-ing frailty ; theyare compact, vig-orous, whole-some ; they havesuch a confidentand cheerful ex-pression; theythereby assumean independenceand dignity whichcomes to any cre-ated thing of anysize which playsits small part inlife to note withsome distress thatmy favorite writeron the Rose dis-misses the FairyRose with thesecurt words, We do not deem them of value, the Bengals aresmall enough; nor does he place the PomponRoses on his lists. This is not, of course, througha dislike for the double form of flowers, which. Fairy Rose. 2^6 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday many feel for certain species. I never like to seea flower of irregular or complex outline doubled : aPea, a Columbine. But Roses, Pinks, and Peonieshave, by doubling soft petal on soft petal, securedclustered beauty instead of outlined beauty ; as haveall our fruit trees, the Peach, Almond, Cherry,Plum, Crab-apple, whose exquisite doubled flowerforms have all the charm of the double Rose. Onething can be said in favor of doubled flowers ingeneral, — namely, their scent is doubled with theirpetals. There is one Rose of our grandmothers gardento which is constantly imputed a false old in the South, where it grows freely, willgreat age be assigned to the Seven Sisters Rose. Ihave often been told that a certain Rose of thisvariety was planted long before the RevolutionaryWar; or that it is one hundred and fifty years oreven two centuries old. You must never questionsuch statements ; it is cruel to the Rose owner
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