20 



HOW TO GROW ROSES 



from these self-same plants during the last days of May, and 

 thereafter a continuity of bloom almost unbroken until the 

 frosts of late autumn herald the approaching winter. 



If it does no more than this, it will have caused pleasure to 

 many who have never yet shared this creative experience — 

 and thus will have justified its existence. If, however, those 

 spiritualizing and refining overtones which the rose inaudibly 

 sounds to those who love it shall be transmitted by these 

 pages, then the author will know that his message is literally 

 one of "sweetness and light." 



These roses were once only a dre 



am in some 



one's mind 



