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flowers which it contains. The long canes that 

 roses throw out quickly after blooming and that 

 should be allowed to grow uncut to develop the 

 bushes properly, are most ungraceful, and give a 

 ragged, neglected aspect to the grounds. The 

 Roses that are used should be arranged so that this 

 awkwardness will be swallowed up by the growth 

 and bloom of the other flowers. 



In the Rose family the one variety that seems 

 to be entirely immune from the attacks of insects 

 is RUGOSA, the Japanese Rose that grows quickly 

 into a bush five or six feet high, thickly clothed 

 with dark green foliage that appears early in the 

 Spring. It bears single white, or reddish pink flow- 

 ers, with a delicate Rose perfume, in May. The 

 haws, or seed pods, are large and bright red, and 

 are quite decorative, for they are conspicuous amid 

 the healthy green foliage. If Rugosa is pruned a 

 little through the Summer it will bloom abundantly 

 until Autumn. This Rose should have a place in 

 the garden, in a corner or somewhere near a path 

 where its perfume will not be entirely lost; its 

 freedom from disease makes it ever welcome to 

 the eye. It is also good along a walk in the yard, 



