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species are included, as well as horticultural varieties, and the lat- 

 ter are arranged so as to illustrate the historical development of 

 the modern horticultural varieties O hvhrid leas hybrid perpetuals. 

 and other groups of roses. Full details of the plan must be re- 

 served for a special guide book which it is hoped we may be able 

 to publish in 1929. 



This account should tint close without mention of the excep- 

 tional beauty of the design of the Rose Garden, prepared by our 

 o iiisull.it 1 laudseap irchilecl ' 1 ! ! 1, old \ ( iparn. This it 

 was, no doubt, which made the appeal to the donor. To Mr. 

 Caparn, also, is to be credited the development of the educational 

 features of the garden, which, for the present at least, put it in a 

 class by itself. The general public will enjoy this Rose Garden 

 as a thing of beauty; rose lovers and growers will, in addition, 

 find here an animated text-book, so to speak, on the rose. 



Mention must also be made of the exceptional skill and re- 

 sourcefulness of the horticulturist, Mr. Free, in mastering the 

 technique and overcoming the difficulties of the concrete work, 

 all of which was done at the Botanic Ga 1 1 in Icr 1 1 1 t 



supervision. The planting plan has been worked out jointly by 

 Mr. Caparn and Mr. Free. 



biiiatly, acknowledgment i> here made of the generous tofts, a 

 total of nearly one thousand plants, from Henry A. Dreer, New 

 Brunswick Nurseries, and The Rose Inarm, recorded elsewhere in 

 this report. Other gifts have been promised for delivery in the 

 spring of 1928. 



Significance of the /vase Garden 



The new Rose Garden is both an asset and a liability. As an 



< ! i will not only greatly enhance the beauty and interest of the 

 Botanic Garden, but it: will stimulate and foster an interest in 

 roses and rose gardens, and also in landscape architecture, besides 



possessing tin du Tonal idvanf hove noted, through its 



historical arrangement. 



As a liability, the Rose Garden confers upon the Botanic Garden 

 the responsibility of utilizing this feature to the fullest extent pos- 

 sible from the standpoint of botany, horticulture, and education. 

 If the Botanic Garden measures up to its opportunities in this 



