11 HOW^ TO GROW^ ROSES 



The formal garden is incomplete without roses 



which are valuable in mass-plantings for showy effects, for 

 retaining embankments, for bordering driveways, or even for 

 certain types of hedges. 



Or you may wish most for a garden of roses from which to 

 cut bouquets, so that "the glory of tJie garden" may be reflected 

 in your home. Good taste will suggest the right roses — one for 

 this vase, a bunch for that bowl, a spray for the guest-room, 

 still others for the hallway or the dining-room table, then surely 

 some for boutonnieres, and at times for "state occasions." 

 Surely anyone who has experienced the exquisite thrill welhng 

 up in the soul from the presence of choice roses well arranged 

 will be eager to develop the skill needed to make the best use 

 of nature's garden-gifts. 



Several available spaces for the rose-bed are usually to be 

 found on the average home-grounds. The author has had the 

 good fortune to visit a number of rose-gardens that are famous 

 — and others that deserve to be — and this may be said of nearly 

 all: that they He on the genial, sunny side of a generous group 

 of trees or copse, but are open to the gentler breezes, and 

 are not shut in or shaded. 



When buying a new property, the selection of the most 

 suitable spot upon it for the house is scarcely more important 

 than the selection of a site for your rose-garden. You will 

 choose a sunny room, if possible, for the indoor nursery, where 

 the httle fairies in your home may romp and play on a wintry 



