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HOW TO GROW ROSES 



Rose Hedges 



These boundary markers are certainly coming to be more 

 and more popular as people learn about the splendid quali- 

 ties of the Rugosa roses, Sweetbriars, or Altaica for this pur- 

 pose. They are not neat, compact, and uniform in growth 

 as is a hedge of California Privet, but the thick, bushy mass 

 of glossy, crinkled foliage, especially of the Rugosa, gives 

 a particularly fine appearance. They are perfectly hardy in 

 the coldest winters and are more valuable because the foli- 

 age is not troubled with either insects or disease. 



In warmer countries, or even in our own latitude, a single 

 row of a free-flowering, erect, bushy rose is sure to be pretty 

 and very satisfactory where one wishes simply to mark a 

 boundary, as, for example, between the vegetable- and flower- 

 garden. For this purpose, Gruss an Aachen, (see page 49) is 

 excellent. The small-flowered Polyanthas are also popular, 

 especially Baby Rambler, Marie Pavie, and Baby Dorothy. 

 The list could readily be extended, and each one would be well 

 worth planting. (See list of Polyanthas.) 



Hybrid Wichuraianas, if given some support, make an excellent hedge 



