CHAPTER II 



WHERE ON MY PLACE CAN I GROW ROSES? 



"Roses that down the alleys shine ajar." 



— Matthew Arnold 



FIRST consider what kind of rose-garden you will plan. 

 Roses seem to enjoy being arranged in countless ways. 

 Will the first show of bloom to burst into view, as one 

 approaches your home, be on your pergola, or arbor, or rose- 

 covered summer-house? If none of these furnishes appropriate 

 setting, probably your banks or fences will be clothed or beau- 

 tified. A variety of types, shown on the following pages, is 

 available, and choosing from these will become a dehght. 



Perhaps your fancy may picture prosperous beds, abounding 

 in a wealth of bloom, to be seen across a sweep of level lawn, or 

 from your favorite room in the house, or even hidden beyond 

 the curve in your garden-walk. 



The formal rose-garden, too, is important, especially on the 

 larger place. There are excellent reasons why the rose-garden 

 should have a domain all its own. These fastidious creatures 

 that so well repay your thoughtful care may well be grouped and 

 with greater resulting effectiveness. In no other case, perhaps, 

 does careful planning paj^ so well as in the formal garden. (At 

 this point it may prove helpful to turn to pages 29 and 30.) 



In these brief suggestions of rose-garden possibihties let us 

 recall vividly the value of the rose in the landscape. Here 

 again a knowledge of varieties is important. Landscape archi- 

 tects are recognizing more and more the noteworthy species 



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