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HOW' TO GROW ROSES 



Municipal Rose-Garclen, Cleveland, Ohio, when one yea 



Municipal Rose-Gardens 



Hartford, Conn., was the pioneer for America; and she builded 

 welL Starting in 1904, in Ehzabeth Park, there were laid out 

 1% acres. This the author visited first upon his return from a 

 tour among the more prominent rose-gardens in England, 

 Ireland, Holland, Germany, and France. While dehghted 

 with the cultural success and magnificent show of varieties, 

 there seemed in the ensemble much to be desired in the matter 

 of treatment and arrangement. This will probably be true of 

 most of the test-gardens referred to in the previous section, 

 because beauty of landscape effect is not the first thing sought 

 for in a rose-garden made primarily for test purposes, although 

 the more there is of grace and beauty, of charm and enchant- 

 ment, by reason of the arrangement, of course, the better it is. 



But Hartford led the way, and nobly continues to render this 

 nation, at least the northeastern part of it, a great service. 

 She showed that even a httle pubHc rose-garden, well done, 

 begets enthusiastic pubhc appreciation. Mr. G. A. Parker, 

 Superintendent of Parks, of Hartford, reports n6,000 people 

 having visited this rose-garden in one 3^ear. There are in it 



