10 '"' COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE 



true, ft is often exaggerated, as there are today many small 

 Rose growers who are eminently successful, and who make 

 more money, in comparison with capital invested, than some of 

 the larger ones do. 



The multitude of diseases and pests may be narrowed down 

 to about half a dozen serious ones, and these, in turn, if under- 

 stood and taken in time, may be so controlled that little harm 

 will result from them. Neglect of proper care is responsible 

 for the majority of failures. 



Where Roses are understood and properly treated their cul- 

 ture is as simple as that of other florists' flowers. It is an ad- 

 vantage to any man to take a course in one of our agricultural 

 colleges, or to work a few years in one of our modern and fully 

 equipped commercial establishments. Good reading is also to 

 be recommended, but the beginner will find he will learn more 

 after a few years' personal experience, with the responsibility 

 on his own shoulders, than he would in a much longer period 

 where he is watching someone else do the work. There is 

 something new and interesting to learn about Rose growing 

 every day. The care required is constant, and the old saw, 

 "Eternal vigilance is the price of success," is perhaps more true 

 of Rose culture than of any other branch of the grower's art. 



EBER HOLMES. 

 MONTROSE, MASS., October, 1911. 



