ROSES V}Jfi>$* 



THERE is a charm about a beautiful Rose garden which appeals 

 irresistibly to every lover of flowers. It is not necessary to win 

 a prize at a Rose show to enjoy Roses when they are used in free, 

 informal, natural ways. There is a wide gulf between exhibiting 

 and gardening. The exhibitor of Roses does not keep beautiful 

 garden effects constantly before him, and plant and prune in such 

 a way as to form pleasing garden pictures ; he aims at producing 

 a limited number of flowers of a particular type. For this reason 

 people who love Roses must not allow themselves to be unduly 

 influenced by what they see and hear at shows. They must learn 

 about beautiful garden Roses what they are, and how to manage 

 them in order to get lovely garden scenes, together with abundance 

 of flowers for bowls and vases. 



There should be nothing stiff, stilted, and formal about Roses, 

 whether in the growing of them, the utilisation of them, or the 

 writing about them. We should look upon them as cheerful, 

 delightful, affectionate companions. To put the trees in stiff rows, 

 grow them on a level, and prune them back to mere stumps, like 

 a blackthorn hedge, is to rob them of all chance of showing 

 whether they possess natural beauty. And to write of Roses as 

 though they were mere automata, devoid of all sentiment, of all 

 power of appeal to our finest feelings, is to put them on the same 

 plane as mangold wurzels. 



Beauty create^ beauty. Who can look on a picture of a beautiful 



