. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . 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-isf
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . 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,clusters of perfect tiny gems rather than a single largeone; so I love small roses. I should love a minia-ture Rose garden set with Pompon Roses. Even asa child I loved especially this Pompon form, — aDouble Buttercup, a Flowering Almond or Double. 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 flo
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