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satisfactory. It beautifies the homes and gladdens the hearts of the 

 humblest as well as of the greatest. Its beauty, modesty, perfume, and 

 ability to please are almost womanly in charming perfection. 

 "For women are as roses." 



A rosarian might almost wish to live always to see the perfection of 

 his favorite flower in new varieties yet to be produced. It is probable 

 that, having Gloire Lyonnaise, there will yet be originated a yellow 

 rose equaling, if not excelling, Marechal Niel, and perfectly hardy. 

 Marechal Niel is the granddaughter of Lamarque, which is a more deli- 

 cate yellow, and is more nearly white than Gloire Lyonnaise. 



In my four hundred bushes I have only about sixty varieties. I 

 am limited in garden space. If I like a rose, I prefer to have a num- 

 ber of bushes of that variety, to a greater number of bushes of similar 

 varieties. It must be a very fine rose to be admitted to my four hun- 

 dred. But had I space to grow thousands of roses, I believe I should 

 content myself with not to exceed one hundred varieties of roses of all 

 sorts. 



BUDDED EOSES. 



I am a believer in having roses (especially the dwarf -growing vari- 

 eties) root-budded on some strong-growing stock, preferably Manetti, 

 as it produces large quantities of sap. I make my own standards by 

 budding. Where I go duck-shooting in Oregon in the fall, I discovered 

 a variety of wild rose the stems of which are sometimes twenty or 

 thirty feet long and often over two inches in diameter, showing long 

 life and great vitality. I have found this one of the best stocks on 

 which to bud to make standards, and it is perfectly hardy. 



COLOR HARMONY. 



In arranging my roses in the garden I have tried to plant them so 

 that their colors do not jar, but harmonize, for jarring colors affect me 

 as do discords in music. 



I have often moved bushes to make this harmony. Pink roses of, 

 different varieties rarely look well together. Mrs. John Laing will not 

 harmonize with any other pink rose. If you have never done so, put 

 any pink rose with a dark crimson rose, and see how beautifully they 

 contrast. I have beds in my garden in each of which I have but one 

 variety of pink roses, one variety of dark red roses, Avith two or three 

 bushes of a hardy white variety, to heighten the beauty and soften the 

 contrast of colors. For instance, Mme. Caroline Testout, Xavier Olibo, 

 and Merveille de Lyons. 



Many visitors to my garden are struck by this harmony, sometimes 

 without appreciating the cause of it. If you- have not planted your 



