INTRODUCTION. 13 
Fortunately, the Rose is not confined to 
summer, though the class known as “sum- 
mer’ roses is indeed fleeting. But many of 
the hybrid-remontants, which include a large 
number of the loveliest and most fragrant 
kinds, disburse a second autumnal bloom; 
while in the open air and under glass com- 
bined, the Rose in some of its multifarious 
forms may be said to bloom the year round. 
Essentially it is the flower of the year, as 
well as the flower of the poets. 
Not every one can afford a greenhouse in 
which to grow flowers during winter; very 
many, on the other hand, may enjoy their 
culture in the open air. No garden, it goes 
without saying, however beautiful and how- 
ever rich its assortment of hardy shrubs and 
flowers, is complete without its June rosary. 
Like the majority of flowers and most things 
that are worth the having, the Rose, as the 
guerdon of its beauty, demands attention and 
loving care. Left to itself, enemies and 
scourges innumerable, from the first opening 
leaf to the last withered petal, come to prey 
upon it; not only marring its beauty but im- 
pairing its vitality. The rose-chafer, green- 
fly, leaf-roller, and rose-slug, to say nothing 
of mildew and the red-spider, are still as 
abundant as ever and require the same vig- 
