Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 461
things of theold-time garden. Someever find beauty in vastness; they prefer ample extentand forms in all things ; they love large, full Roses.I 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… … 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…
Sundials · Roses · Rosicrucians
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