6 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE CH. I 
not quite in the sense that the Author uses the 
phrase, that ‘‘ The Garden is for the Rose, and not 
the Rose for the Garden,” but it is no longer correct 
to say that the ‘‘ value of the Rose is in the glory of 
its individual blooms.” 
In many cases the value of the Rose lies solely in 
its decorative effect, such Roses as Dorothy Perkins 
have little merit in the ‘‘ individual flower,” but 
as seen from ‘‘a distance’’ who will say the effect 
is not beautiful, unique, and further, one to be 
obtained by the use of no other ‘‘ decorative plant.”’ 
And it is more particularly this use of the Rose as a 
decorative Garden plant, since this chapter was 
penned, that has led to its increased popularity. 
