The Simple Vegan

Enter, then the Rose-garden when the first sunshine sparkles in the dew, and enjoy with thankful happiness one of the loveliest scenes on earth. What a diversity, and yet what a harmony, of colour! There are White Roses, Striped Roses, Blush Roses, Pink Roses, Carmine Roses, Crimson Roses, Scarlet Roses, Vermilion Roses, Maroon Roses, Purple Roses, Roses almost Black, and Roses of glowing gold. What a diversity , and yet what a harmony! Dwarf Roses and Climbing Roses, Roses that droop to the earth like fountains, and Roses that stretch out their branches upwards as though they would kiss the sun; Roses " in shape no bigger than an agate stone on the fore- finger of an alderman," and Roses four inches across; Roses in clusters, and Roses blooming singly; Roses in bud, in their glory, decline and fall. And over this perfect unity what a  freshness, frangrance, purity, slendour!

S. Reynolds Hole