little book is designed to help the reader 

 realize that by setting out the right plants of 

 the right sort of roses this spring, cut-flowers 

 may be had from these selfsame plants dur- 

 ing the last days of May, with a continuity 

 of bloom almost unbroken until the frosts 

 of late autumn herald the approaching winter. 

 Amateurs are now able to have an all-summer "feast of 

 roses," as well as the skilled professional, and it is the 

 amateur's rose-garden, especially, that we have had in 

 mind when writing the following pages. 



A large garden is not requisite. Two or three dozen good 

 plants, of the modern and greatly improved sorts, properly 

 selected, will give much enjoyment; while a garden of roses 

 with somewhat greater variety and extent can readily be 

 made a summer-long delight. 



In spring, one can have the pleasure of building air- 

 castles about the plants. When the warm days of June 

 arrive, these air-castles will have taken substantial form, and 

 you may go from one plant to another, giving each a little 

 daily attention, contrasting one proud beauty with another 

 equally queenly, and, best of all, gathering an abundance 

 of lovely roses. Half an hour of such tonic-toil each day is 

 a great nerve-restorer, and, what many of those who have 

 tried it realize, it is also food for the soul. 



Rose-growing among amateurs in this country is yet in 

 its infancy. In England, before the war, nearly everyone 

 grew roses. Dazzling vistas of roses were to be seen in the 



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