WHERE CAN I GROW ROSES? 



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day; and so, too, will you wish to provide for the happiness 

 and well-being of your rose-children, because only a few of 

 them are prairie-born. Only a small section of this large family 

 has been reared to bear the rigors of gusty, sweeping, or whip- 

 ping winds at any time of the year, and from such, for the best 

 results, they must be protected. It is not only the severe, cold 

 winds of winter, or the raw, cutting swish of spring, but the 

 hot, withering winds of summer, too, that may ruin the opening 

 buds and spoil the almost ripe fruits of your labor. 



Choose a place, therefore, or establish one, protected either 

 by trees, a hedge, a wall, a building, or by some other wind- 

 break. Even a hedge of roses, or climbers, upon a substantial 

 trellis will avail, although a denser screen is more effective. 

 Choose, too, a place where the sun will shine for not less than 

 one-half of the day, preferably the morning. By this you will 

 see that a space opening away to the south or southeast is to 

 be preferred. We have noted equally successful rose-gardens 

 entirely surrounded by hedges. 



Avoid the too close shade of trees, or the proximity of tree 



Roses in the outdoor living-room 



