. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . its uprootal from many a garden because itsmells to heaven. The Harrison Rose is by tra-dition named to commemorate a political event, theelection of the first President Harrison. We never gathered the yellow Roses, for two rea-son : their frail petals dropped so quickly that theywere valueless, and their spiny armament was toodefensive for ordinary attack. It seemed to showthat they were never intended to be picked. As forthe Persian Yellow—there was a third reaso
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . its uprootal from many a garden because itsmells to heaven. The Harrison Rose is by tra-dition named to commemorate a political event, theelection of the first President Harrison. We never gathered the yellow Roses, for two rea-son : their frail petals dropped so quickly that theywere valueless, and their spiny armament was toodefensive for ordinary attack. It seemed to showthat they were never intended to be picked. As forthe Persian Yellow—there was a third reason alreadytold. Long straggling branches, all closely armed,carried the yellow bloom of the Scotch Roses afar,and gave a rather shapeless appearance to the bush,one that would be abhorred by modern lovers of Rose-pillars and Rose-standards. Stretching out thus in each branch, with its finelycut, close-set leafage, it certainly had the effect of a Our Grandmothers Roses 339 close-tied wreath, with yellow blossoms tied in, short-stemmed, to the very end of the drooping, swayingwreath. Country folk called it the Yellow Wreath. Harrison Yellow Rose. Rose. Whatever the scent of the flower of theHarrison Rose, and all Rose friends differ, even tothe extent of questioning whether it has any scent,the leaf certainly has the true sweet-brier fragrance. 340 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday
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